Wind was forecast today to be SSE 20-30 knots starting about 1000 so we were up and away from dock early at 0600 to try and get across the mouth of the Potomac River before the wind and seas picked up. We had a good boost of current so we were running at over 8 knots... we made it to the middle of the Potomac and the winds were howling and the seas came right with the wind producing 4 to 6 foot seas on the stern... which gave us a real roller coaster ride... Susan was not a happy camper... and this continued till about 1130 when we had a wind direction change and the seas calmed down along with the winds settling to 10-15 knots from the NW... we made it all the way to Herrington harbor before these winds had any effect on the seas.

We arrived to the Herrington Harbor Marina at approximately 1445 and docked at the fuel dock... it was time to feed SAILS... approximately 2 hours later we were full... extremely slow pumps for some reason... never have had this issue before at this marina... sure glad SAILS was not very hungry... taking on 563 gallons of diesel.

We moved forward from the fuel dock one t-head and we were securely docked at 1750... our location tonight is 38°43.620'N, 076°32.539'W. Traveled today for 8 hours and 45 minutes covering 65.5 nautical miles averaging 7.5 knots.