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This lockmaster warned us to keep left as we exited due to a shoal on the Starboard side, which we did, then promptly ran aground. Dropping down into the depths of the lock is a little daunting and itвЂ™s welcome when the gates finally open to let you out again. We continued our passage up the canal and it wasnвЂ™t long before we had to pass through another lock! Extra cautious this time we kept well back and all was fine. Signs showed that black bears were common which we didnвЂ™t see but did come across a big snake, near to an abandoned moonshine still. Next morning we stretched our legs with a walk along the boardwalks that weaved through the surrounding swamp land.

After cooling off with cold showers and sweeping the broken twigs littering the decks we took some cold drinks to one of the picnic benches and wound down after our stressful day!

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Looping your lines around posts, as the water level drops you gradually let them out just enough so you keep yourself close to the wall (this is when you find out if your lines are long enoughвЂ¦we got that right at least!).Д¬ontinuing up the aptly named Dismal Swamp Canal we stopped for the night at another free dock, part of the State Park and outside the visitors centre.Д«en did a brief check of the rigging and couldnвЂ™t see any obvious damage so we were pretty lucky. We had a laugh with the lock master who was super nice and assured us we were not the first to end up in the trees! Next time weвЂ™d make sure we were much further back. Our friend Neill also came for a night here between work appointments and we enjoyed lunch in town then a sail aboard Scehawk, with a barbeque and drinks later, and the next day Thomas and Evelien came aboard Bora Bora to compare the differences.

Strangely the radio still seemed to have loads of static, which when I happened to turn the aft cabin light on stopped it completely, but when I switched the other on made it worse!? This puzzled us completely but we later realized was interference from the LED bulbs! It was better but still not great, so it looked like weвЂ™d eventually have to replace the old original Sailor radio with a new oneвЂ¦a real shame as itвЂ™s a classic. Ben upgraded it to something more substantial and also replaced the deck gland where water had been getting in due to no sealent and corroded the wire. One of the jobs was to replace the VHF antenna cable as our radio had been getting worse and worse. In the afternoon we moved around to Spa Creek which is just off Annapolis itself and took a mooring buoy as they were reasonably priced at $24, which includes use of the showers! Scehawk and Matenka arrived shortly after and we all hung out here for a few days, getting small jobs done as usual, but made easier with the array of chandleries and hardware stores. I guess we end up carrying double our weight which is great for keeping fit, but our poor little fold up bikes do take some abuse (especially when Ben decides the вЂoff road route will be quickerвЂ™).

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Next day we dinghed to a nearby bit of beach and cycled the couple of miles through the park to the Mall to stock up on groceriesвЂ¦thank god for working phones and Google maps, weвЂ™d be lost without them! Shopping can be quite a mission as with no car we have to carry everything on our person, so the bikes are invaluble as we load the backs up with heavy boxes then each have a backpack full of cans and bottles and on our handle bars each usually have one or two large shopping bags with the fresh veg and things.