Voyage of the sv Lady H: Happy Fourth!!!

We have been anchored off of the Naval Academy, Spa Creek, Annapolis for five days now. When we got here there was only one other "cruising" boat so Paul got "his" spot right next to the sea wall. He kept telling me that we would have entertaiment on or before the Fourth. Things were so quiet through the morning of the Fourth, AND there are so many boats and boaters here in the Bay that I thought surely they would be knowledgeable and polite. We went in for breakfast...and a short ride...then Paul said we needed to get back to the boat to protect it. As boaters began to come out of the woodwork to get a good anchoring spot...I was delighted as I sat in the cockpit watching as two cruisers that were anchored near us kept waving the anchoring clueless boaters away.

Paul and I only had to watch... As it got late and spaces got to a minimum...one small sailboat anchored right in front of us...NOOOOOOOOOO..and Paul told him!!! But the guy didn't listen...had no clue (except on how to be a jerk)...and within an hour one of the storms that we had seen on Paul's neat Wunderground Google map...showed up...and yep...20 knot winds from the SW...and yep...the guy shouldn't have anchored there...so here it is POURING down rain and the guy has to move...not only him but ALL of the anchoring challenged boaters were piling out of their cockpits with their rain gear on to re-anchor...oh...how fun it was to watch as we, with enough anchor rode out did our swing safely along with the other cruisers while everyone else was scrambling in the thunder/lightening/rain. The storm passed...and that part of our entertainment was over...then came....