Sept 23
We get the dinghy ready for travels today. We go 1.75
miles to the dinghy dock at the Holiday Inn where we pay $2 to use the dock for
the day. We take our trash to the dumpster and head out for the ½ hour walk to
Food Lion. We do not need too much but want to have enough to finish the trip.
There are not many places after Norfolk for full supplies and we are not sure
we will stop in Norfolk proper. We load
the dinghy and head back to the boat. We just get unloaded when Zahnisers Marina
calls and lets us know our Oil filter is in. As we head back out in the dinghy
a French national Beneteau sail boat decides there is enough room in our cove
for 2 boats. He will be close to shore in a West wind but the next 2 days are
North, Northeast. So he should be fine.
Sept 24
The weather is going to get worse with possible 30 plus
knot winds tonight. While the anchorage is really protected I am not 50
anymore, so if we have a problem in the middle of the night, with 2 anchors out,
can we handle the problem. We decide
that we are better at dock with Calvert’s Marina offering Boat US members $1
per foot rates. We move at noon to Back Creek and Calvert’s.
Sept 25
I do not think the wind got over 25, but it has been this
morning. Raining steady and winds over 20 knots and gusting. We will sit here
until we try the Bay in the morning. If the Bay is still too rough we will go
to anchor until Saturday.
Our potential schedule is a 50 mile run to Fleets Bay,
then a 47 to 65 mile run to Norfolk, a 40 mile run through the Dismal Swamp to Elizabeth
City. From there we need two days to get home. 5 travel days ,depending on weather.
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