Full Circle

We bought a 30’ Pearson sailboat off Craigslist in March 2021. It was located in a marina in Annapolis, Maryland.  We then lived aboard for almost 7 months sailing the mid-shore Chesapeake Bay.

Alexander is an eighth generation Eastern Shore native,  whose family has been living and working near the Bay waters. He learned to sail on the Corsica River and has an inherant familiarity of the environment, towns, people and culture. He decided to leave and live away for almost 10 years, and is just coming back to this place he once called home.

Kate is a new to the area, and has only visited the Eastern Shore a handful of times since before we decided to move to Maryland in November 2021.  

Questions we asked ourselves and that came up throughout the summer:

What does it mean to travel within 60 mile radius?
What does it mean to travel in the place you call home?
What does home mean?
What is local?
What is the difference from traveling by land than by water?
How do you get from point A to point B - what are the outside logistics that need to be considered?

Generative Mapping of Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay

locality mapping - oyster flats