San Domingo Creek (back door to St Michaels)

[Velero49]

How is the anchorage at thee nd of San Domingo Creek and ho far is to dingy to the town? Any land/watermarks to go by? I can see Red "14" PA in my chart book, is this the last nav aid in the creek? I alway use the Miles River but my schedule is to go to Oxford after St Michaels and later Cambridge. Thanks, Velero

 

[Ross]

There is a source for better charts

http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/BookletChart/AtlanticCoastBookletCharts.htm


Look to chart 12270 page 20

 

[Velero49]

Local knowledge

Thanks Ross for the source, but I have a couple of charts/books and they all have the same scale. I was I looking perhaps for some local knowledge or someone that has been there in the last few months.

velero

 

[EvenKeel]

San Domingo Creek

Valero:

On your way up the San Domingo, there are two side creeks off to port. Once you get past the first one, the channel narrows up but is passable. I wouldn't go past the second side creek. In the area between the side creeks, the San Domingo is wide enough to anchor one boat across. I prefer to anchor in the wider areas where the side creeks join in. Any place along here is only 1/3-1/2 nm from the landing on the edge of St. Michaels.

Set your anchor well! Holding is not particularly good along here. If you are expecting a wind shift, you might want to go with two anchors.

Gary
Even Keel II

 

[Buck2796]

Velero,

"Even Keel"'s info is good., although anchoring just inside the 2d creek on the left is also OK. The last time I was up there, I found it necessary to anchor there because the remainder of the anchorage was full of boats.