On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:47:10 -0500, you wrote: >The Fairport (not fairhope) marina/resturant in Reedville MD is neither >gourmet nor expensive and we love go there to peel a few crabs. Perhaps Bella >is confusing that facility with the Crazy Crab, a nearby marina/restaurant >with pretensions that fits her description. > I've never been to the Fairport Marina which is actually in Fairport on the northwest side of Cockrell Creek, and not Reedville. We were set to go once two years ago, but their pump out wasn't working and Bob said that was a crock - that they made their money on fuel and didn't want to bother with pump-out. Plus the restaurant isn't open Sunday afternoon/evening, and it is kind of isolated to walk to anywhere else. http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3669851-Sports_Travel-Reedville.jpg http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3669849-Sports_Travel-Reedville.jpg http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3665768-Sports_Travel-Reedville.jpg We've been to the http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3665768-Sports_Travel-Reedville.jpghe Reedville Marina (in front of the Crazy Crab) each time we've been to Reedville (when we went to a marina - we've also anchored in some of the tributaries of the Great Wicomico i.e. Mill Creek and Fishing Bay.) http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3666508-Great_Wicomico_spider-Reedville.jpg http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3666510-Looking_down_Cockrell_Creek-Reedville.jpg
The disadvantage of the Reedville marina is that no one monitors the radio, and since the restaurant is closed Monday and sometimes also Tuesday there's no one to answer the phone either. Plus of course no one to help with docking. http://cache.virtualtourist.com/2918388-Bob_on_the_restaurant_deck_by_the_boat_2004-Reedville.jpg http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3664538-RosalieAnn_tied_up_on_the_gas_dock-Reedville.jpg http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3664537-Gas_and_restaurant_dock_as_we_left_2007-Reedville.jpg We do like the Crazy Crab and have enjoyed the food. I think if you eat there, they don't charge you for the dockage while you are eating. We like to walk up Main Street i.e. "Millionaire's Row" where the http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1602618-The_Gables-Reedville.jpg http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1602625-811_Main_Street-Reedville.jpg mansions are now on the National Register of Historic Places at least as far as the museum from there. http://www.rfmuseum.org/ When we were there in August, they were having an Antique and Classic Boat Show and boats were on display on trailers and also at the docks behind most of the houses on Main Street. http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1600695-Some_of_antique_and_classic_trailerable_boats-Reedville.jpg >There is a seafood deli a short dinghy ride from where we are anchored off the >Crazy Crab and we once walked to a small "Mom and Pop" grocery about a mile >from the deli. Fresh fish are available when the fish pound boat comes in >nearby early in the morning. Cockrells Creek Seafood Deli Reedville is a significant charter fishing center for Chesapeake Bay bluefish and rockfish with more than 50 boats operating out of the area. The Reedville Steamboat Wharf http://cache.virtualtourist.com/2918448-Building_from_a_distance-Reedville.jpg http://cache.virtualtourist.com/2918446-Cats_on_the_roof-Reedville.jpg which is right down on the end of Main Street next to the Reedville Marina.. They sell chum and ice for fishermen, and you can also come and buy fish fresh off the boat http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3666507-Marina_and_Crazy_Crab-Reedville.jpg There's also Virginia Seafood Products plant for processing fish (which also sells bait and tackle and possibly fish), next to Reedville Marina on the site of the old Reed's Wharf which was the original site of the Reed factory. http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1602578-Virginia_Seafood_Products_plant-Reedville.jpg Many of the buildings that were here were destroyed by fire in 1925. >Ron, we passed an outbound menhaden boat on the way in to Reedville yesterday >and the plant is definitely not shut down as evidenced by the scent when we >were downwind of it and the white vapors rising from their stack. > >We did smell the plant on the way in and once, years ago, we got a wiff of the >plant while anchored. It smelled like a fish processing plant, but certianly >not "vile" to us. > I've never smelled the plant because I've been upwind whenever it was operating. Menhaden fishing has declined until there is only the one Omega Protein plant remaining on Cockrell Creek where there used to be 20 different plants. The plant is actually in Tibitha. http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3918491-Menhaden_boats_at_the_dock_near_Reedville-Reedville.jpg The southeast end of the peninsula across from Fairport is called Fleeton. I was talking to someone about being 'from' Reedville and he said he'd talked to an old lady and asked her if she was from Reedville. She said that she was, but she'd moved away for a long time and had just come back. "Where do you move to?" he asked. "Fleeton," was the answer. These are some of the old menhaden boats http://cache.virtualtourist.com/2918412-Old_menhaden_boats-Reedville.jpg >We enjoy Reedville for it's beautiful homes and waterfront. We will visit its >museum, cruise around in the dink and consume some crabs at the Fairport >marina/resturant today. > > >Norm >S/V Bandersnatch >Chesapeake Bay > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: bella >To: [email protected] >Sent: 10/21/2009 6:45:12 PM >Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Bandershatch is in Solomons Island > > >fairhope marina is cheep if need to get a slip... the restaurant there is >NOT with the bucks and the selection is very limited.. its just a tad but tooo >gourmet for the area. Real expensive too.. >Nearest grocery is 12 miles away... I spent the past week there in the rain >and cold.. by the pogy plant.. be forewarned you anchor down wind of the pogy >plant you are gonn regret it.. >pogy plant for those who don't know the term it is a plan tthat processes >menhaden for fishmeal. >The stench is vile. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
