DELTAVILLE - All of the five boat crews staying in the Portsmouth ferry pocket were up and ready to go long before the sun came up. We departed at 0640 hrs and we were the next to last to leave. Finally there was a break in the weather that kept us out of the Chesapeake Bay for days. Once in the harbor you could see boats leaving other marinas and heading north.
It took about an hour and a half before we crossed over the Hampton Bridge Tunnel and turned into the bay. Sea conditions we tolerable and we had a rather uneventful trip and turned into the Rappahannock River and made our way to the Regatta Point Marina in Deltaville, VA. This was another mail stop and the main reason for stopping here. The bonus was that we met the publisher of the WATERWAY GUIDE which is the bible of the cruising world. Sue and went to dinner with Jack Dozier, his wife Craig and their son Ned. On the way to dinner Jack took us for a brief tour through the area of town that was destroyed by last weeks tornados. We had seen pictures on the TV news but it sure hits home when you see it for real. The twister went right through the center of a church and totally destroyed it. This is the same wicked storm we weather when we were in Belhaven, NC.
ANNAPOLIS, MD - We had another early start from Deltaville. The sea conditions were far better than expected. Originally we planned to overnight in Solomons Island but decided to take advantage of the good weather and continued on to Annapolis. We had one of the longest days on the water since leaving Texas - not counting the overnight crossing of the Gulf of Mexico. We turned into the Severn River for the short run into Annapolis. We picked up a mooring ball right in front of the Naval Academy and are ready for a good nights sleep and another early start. The forecast is for decent weather early in the day.
Y'all stay vertical,
Capt John and First Mate Sue
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