We are at mile zero of the Virginia ICW. What people generally refer to as the ICW starts here.
Reading about bridge restrictions, temporary changes, converting statute miles to nautical miles, and the like, has me totally confused. My best guess is that we need to leave the marina at about 8:15AM to make things work. [...]
The forecast isn’t as good as we had hoped… but the weather really looks fine, so off we go for Portsmouth.
Coming down to Deltaville, all of a sudden the electronic charts on the E80s disappeared! New chart module (whole east coast). We called navionics, and after a short conversation they confirmed that they had a [...]
We knew the weather would not be cooperative today… but really! Here is the marine foreecast.
afternoon. waves 2 to 3 ft.
…gale warning in effect until 5 pm edt this afternoon….today…sw winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts to around 35 kt. waves 5 to
6 ft…subsiding to 4 to 5 ft late afternoon.
.tonight…sw winds 20 to [...]
Well, we’re now in Deltaville. This is just over the line into Virginia. This is another of those more boats than people towns, and is pretty typical of the small coastal towns. That is, not much here. Very nice though.
It seems that the town is host to J & W Seafood which is really big [...]
This is a great little harbor, with terrific views coming in and an insanely large number of boats. There is a small anchorage just to the west on entry which we’ll have to remember for another day. This is the jumping part of the port.
We took on fuel at the Solomons Yachting Center which, at [...]
We sat in Tolchester Beach for a day with the wind still howling. No need to get bashed around again.
Not much to do there… so Sunday we were itching to leave. The forecast didn’t look great (more wind from the south) but it looked better out than the forecast. We decided to push out, and [...]
Well, the weather didn’t look great today, but not too bad. It was supposed to deteriorate towards the afternoon, but seemed like it would be ok for travel early.
We waited a bit… the wind seemed down, the sky was actually sunny, so we thought we’d change our scenery rather than just sitting in Chesapeake City [...]
We thought we’d make it to Annapolis with good weather, but the weather forecast called for cool, rain and wind.
We took the opportunity to drive Steve home and check out progress on the house. There is progress, but also no floor.
We hoped for better weather tomorrow; two days of weather delay is more than we [...]
This is the stretch of the trip I dread. I’ve never had a good transit of Delaware Bay.
Happily, this is an exception. We’re up at 4AM, and under way with a beautiful full moon and cloudy sky; very dramatic. We have timed our departure for the best tides, and the computer tells us the trip [...]
We get a leisurely start, since the trip is only 33 miles. Anchor up and out the inlet, the water is calm, and the day is lovely and clear. The only flaw is that there is little to no wind. Still, on the calm ocean we make good time.
Did I say only flaw? The weather [...]