Friday, October 28, 2016
Up the mast again
T minus 0
My two friends Stéphane and Mike have arrived and the 3 of us will keep each other company on this 1600mile offshore trip.
Our route will be a big arch as it will pass by a "safe point" 200 miles S of Bermuda. This will give us on option to duck into Bermuda if we need to.
Next update from the Caribbean.
Off into the beautiful BIG BLUE.....
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Sunrise in Norfolk
Last night we walked through the old town of Norfolk and had some Schnitzels and Bier at the famed Biergarten German restaurant.
Got back to boat just before the storm hit.
Friday, October 21, 2016
The 6.5$b boat
We passed this boat and a second sister ship. At 6b$ a pop some increadible machinery.
You guessed it ..we arrived in Norfolk, VA - the worlds largest and coolest naval base.
This is the end of Flo's stay aboard FLO. Tomorrow I am driving her back to Annapolis to get her car so she can carry on back home to NY.
I will remain here to wait for my wo amigos who will arrive on Oct 27.
With a good weather window we want to leave next day and go offshore - directly to St.Marteen. Carib ! Here we come !
(Oh - almost forgot. We sighted a pod of dolphins on the way ...)
Cloudy Skies
It is once again good to be able to take hot showers aboard the boat as freshwater fitting is fixed that gave us an air leak.
I also found tons of seagrass that snuck its way into the starboard engine salt water intake which are some of the joys of Sailing the Chesapeake.
Flo is feeling really comfortable with the cloudy skies as she is my Dutch girl.
Flo is feeling really comfortable with the cloudy skies as she is my Dutch girl.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Yorktown VA
A quick dive revealed no damage to keels and also no blockage around stbd raw water inlet. After carefully motoring on one engine into the narrow creek and docking, I changed the impeller with Ryan the friendly local mechanic- as well as cleared
a handful of sea grass from the seacok.
Afternoon was spent biking to colonial Yorktown and visiting the historic Revolutionary battlefield grounds and museums.
Flo bought another mug and continued the killings of little flies that seem to have found a new home in our boat.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Aground in Worley Creek
Pork loin BBQ with carrots and baked potatoes....
Tomorrow I will go for a swim to investigate stbd engine raw water blockage. I suspect a shopping bag wrapped around our sail drive or the saildrive ate sea grass.
Also our freshwater pump is acting up and there seems to be an air leak somewhere upline.
Onancock
Sailed south east across the Chesapeake and entered the Onancock river around 5 PM. We were greeted by Mr. Lee from the Onancock town dockwho gave Flo a ride to the grocery shop. The evening was spent barbecuing German sausages accompanied by an
Australian Malbec and watching the movie "The Perfect Storm" (interestingly Flo's choice)...
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Solomons Island
Some more exploring, maritime museum visits to learn about the beautiful log canoes and skipjacks, lighthouse visits and a guided tour through the Solomon Island harbor (that Flo felt was boring). Flo thought a visit to Annemarie's art museum and
sculpture park was more interesting ...we bought another souvenir.
Back to the Yacht Club where we gorged on BBQ spare ribs at the local Tiki bar that we were told attracts 20,000 party goers at the beginning of the season. Another spectacular sunset rounded off a memorable day.
Tomorrow we are outa here, towards our next stop South: Onancock (them Indians had some strange names...)
Friday, October 14, 2016
Maritime history in St. Michael's
Back to the boat with groceries where we prepared for tomorrow's departure to the Solomons Islands.
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