Barbara and I slipped out for a lovely sail yesterday. It was very gusty going from maybe 10 knots to up over 20 knots. But air temps were comfortable, and the water flat. We saw sustained speeds over 8 knots. Running wing and wing before one big gust we got above 8.5 knots.
The gusts were a bit more than Barbara was comfortable with so we ended up sailing back into the creek, for a slow, stress free, low key beat up the creek.
We got back in time for me to put a final coat of paint on the spinnaker pole (in my basement).
As far as living aboard at anchor in Maryland, there's no law forbidding live aboards. But it has gotten harder. Many of the mid-Bay hurricane hole creeks have become loaded with densely spaced moorings.
Under the 5tate agreement, the entire Chesapeake Bay is a no discharge area. Enforcement is pretty lax. But the no-discharge laws tend to be used as a tool against long term anchored boats that have other issues.
From what I gather, the hassling of live aboard boats seems to be based on how close to docks and channels the boats are anchored, whether there are active anchor lights and day markers, whether anchored in a designated anchorage, and whether the boat appears to be able to sail, or looks like a floating junk yard.
This time of year, the DNR tends to look for up to date registration stickers and will note boats with out of state registration stickers. For example, we were buzzed and checked out via binoculars yesterday by a DNR boat.
Jeff