Day 20 – Broad Creek, N.C. (Mile 61)
Given that we are at mile 61.2 of the ICW, the first part of our next leg is to cross the Albemarle Sound. The forecast for today was for winds gusting to 25 knots and 2-3 foot seas in the sound, so we decided to stay in our anchorage and leave in somewhat calmer conditions […]
Day 19 – Broad Creek, N.C. (Mile 61)
Last night in our tiny, narrow, marshy creek just off the ICW with no boats in sight, we felt very isolated and remote, but the bright gibbous moon helped. We slept in the cockpit to keep an eye on the anchor. It took 2 tries to get it set and we couldn’t put out much […]
Day 18 – Blackwater Creek, Va. (Mile 30)
(Tom) For those of you who followed our track on the blog home page today – don’t panic! We did not really go over any land with the boat. The track looks that way because our AIS signal is only captured periodically by the land based receivers, and if we’ve done a lot of zig […]
Day 17 – Norfolk, Va. (Mile 0)
As soon as Tommy arose, he began to reassess our situation. I stowed gear and prepared the cabin in the event we could make a mid-morning start today. (Tom) As mentioned in yesterday’s post, we were waiting to hear if electricity had been restored to both the Centerville swing bridge and the North Landing swing […]
Day 16 – Norfolk, Va. (Mile 0)
Much of today (our one week anniversary of our arrival in Norfolk) was spent caucusing with our marina mates and sifting through various bits of information gleaned from fellow boaters, websites, phone calls to the Dept of Public Works and the Army Corps of Engineer personnel. At issue was determining how much damage has been […]
Day 15 – Norfolk, Va. (Mile 0)
Last night we had continual rain, mostly heavy, and winds to 50mph. We are certainly fortunate in our positioning here at the Marina. A mega-yacht docked to the north of us and across the pier has helped shield us from wind coming from that direction. The winds were about 37mph from the north when I […]
Day 14 – Norfolk, Va. (Mile 0)
Today began with rain that persisted for most of the morning. We decided to take advantage of a freebee service from our marina that provides a ride to the closest grocery store and back (too far to walk). Our slip neighbors went with us and we were able to load up on some fresh fruits […]
Day 13 – Norfolk, Va. (Mile 0)
Norfolk is a beautiful city-probably the nicest one we’ve ever been itching to leave! Although we know we can’t go until Matthew passes, we are anxious to get going. Tentatively planned is a Monday or Tuesday departure, whenever the winds die down and the lock we must go through is up and running. We plan on […]
Day 12 – Norfolk, Va. (Mile 0)
The weather here continues mild, cloudy, misty and pretty warm-a far cry from what is happening further south. Good news is that Karen and John in Boca Raton are reporting by text that conditions are not too treacherous there. We had cornmeal muffins and coffee for breakfast and read the news and weather in the […]
Day 11 – Norfolk, Va. (Mile 0)
(Tom) A third day in Norfolk, waiting out the unfolding drama of Hurricane Matthew as it approaches the US. There was a mixed blessing for us today in how the projected track has changed. The good news is it looks like it will now miss us here in Norfolk. The bad news is that is targeting […]