Lower Chesapeake: Solomons, Deltaville and Norfolk

12 places · Chesapeake Bay

From the Patuxent to the mouth: Solomons Island and its marinas, Reedville and Tangier Island on the watermen's side, Deltaville with Jackson Creek and Fishing Bay, Mobjack Bay, Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore, then Hampton and Norfolk, where the ICW begins at mile 0. Legs of 30 to 40 miles, and short, hard chop as soon as the wind tops 20 knots against the tide.

1. scott1346
   1Harbour· Solomons, US

   Solomons Yachting Center

   Marina on Back Creek at Solomons, on the Patuxent River near its mouth on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

   38.3232, -76.4565See on the chart →
2. Eli Christman from Richmond, VA, USA
   2Anchorage· US·4.0

   Reedville

   Anchorage at Reedville, a fishing town set along Cockrell Creek off the Great Wicomico River, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.

   37.8379, -76.2762See on the chart →
3. Stabbur's Master
   3Harbour· Tangier, US·3.0

   James Parks Marine

   Marina on Tangier Island, a watermen's community in the Chesapeake Bay roughly 12 miles offshore in Virginia.

   37.8297, -75.9930See on the chart →
4. 4Anchorage· US·5.0

   Coan river - Glebe

   Anchorage in the Coan River, the first major tributary of the Potomac above Smith Point, on Virginia's Northern Neck. Mud bottom.

   37.9864, -76.4892See on the chart →
5. O. David Redwine
   5Anchorage· US·5.0

   Jackson Creek

   Sheltered inner harbour off Port Clarence on the Seward Peninsula, behind the spit at Teller in north-western Alaska.

   • Water

   37.5486, -76.3310See on the chart →
6. O. David Redwine
   6Harbour· US·3.6

   Deltaville Boatyard

   Full-service boatyard on Jackson Creek at Deltaville, Virginia, on the Chesapeake Bay between the Rappahannock and Piankatank rivers.

   37.5496, -76.3306See on the chart →
7. 7Anchorage· US·4.3

   Fishing Bay

   Sheltered anchorage at the mouth of the Piankatank River, off Deltaville in Virginia, just south of the Rappahannock.

   • Water

   37.5403, -76.3365See on the chart →
8. 8Anchorage· US·5.0

   Hunts Cove

   Anchorage off the Piankatank River on Virginia's Middle Peninsula, with a mud bottom and good shelter from the northern sector.

   37.6735, -76.3430See on the chart →
9. David Broad
   9Harbour· Cape Charles, US·5.0

   Cape Charles Yacht Center

   Deep-water marina on Virginia's Eastern Shore, inside the dredged Cape Charles harbour at the southern tip of the Delmarva peninsula, on the bayside of the Chesapeake.

   • Up to 75 m

   37.2638, -76.0155See on the chart →
10. 10Anchorage· US·4.3

    Hampton Public Marina

    Small anchorage on the Hampton River off downtown Hampton, Virginia, on a mud bottom that holds well and is sheltered from all quarters.

    • Water

    37.0237, -76.3400See on the chart →
11. Aaron Zhu
    11Harbour· Norfolk, US·4.5

    Waterside Marina

    Marina in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, on the Elizabeth River at Mile Marker 0 of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

    • Up to 91 m

    36.8439, -76.2923See on the chart →
12. 12Harbour· Onancock, US·5.0

    Onancock Wharf & Marina

    Town marina at the head of Onancock Creek, about four miles up from the Chesapeake Bay, on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

    37.7119, -75.7556See on the chart →

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