Mikey -- Before Faith P and Makai go into the yards for their OWP ("Over-Winter Availability" ... that's shipyard speak for winter storage and maintenance...

I'm the son of Maine ship builders, remember?), even if we lose the striper season, let's do a run to Solomons just to cruise and contribute to Global Warming. Preferably on a windy, chilly, rainy day so we don't have to dodge lubber Yuppies in their Bayliners and Yammie jet tubs

Or crazy (but dry and warm) SMIBs in their 40-ft Hatterases ...
Billy -- Still ... That Bay is an impressive body of water ... our dinky Chesapeake Bay tributaries pale in comparison.

. If you earned your Whaler chops there, you are certainly one of us.