June 17, 2009 -
I drove to Norfolk to meet Melinda at Hospital Point. Her crew, Ed, had to return to Raleigh to meet some previously made commitments. He drove my car back to the River Rat Yacht Club and I will pick it up later. Our cruising "buddy boat" is Polaris with Denise and Dennis aboard. We all had dinner aboard Celerity and a great time ensued with lots of wine drunk, of course.
June 18, 2009 -
We cruised up to Hampton to pick up a whisker pole which Melinda purchased online. After a brief wait, we then cruised across to Willoughby Bay for the night. A HORRIFIC lightning storm hit us about 7 pm and it was the most dangerous lightning that I had ever seen. Melinda and I took turns getting up to peer out of the companionway in hopes that we could see the other 4 boats anchored with us to insure that we (or them) were not dragging. All told, we had over 5" of rain in a few hours and the dinghy looked like a swimming pool the next morning. A sleepless night to say the least with no hatches open. Yuk!
June 19, 2009 -
We left the anchorage and cruised up to the Severn River off Mobjack Bay to meet our 3rd cruising buddy boat with Terri and Tom on "Outrageous" (a Mason 43, beautiful boat). It's a LONG way off the beaten path to the Severn River Marina but the facility is nice with showers and lots of places to sit under an umbrella and enjoy the breeze.
June 20-22, 2009
We are still sitting at anchor in the Severn River and awaiting decent wind/weather. There have been thunderstorms nearly every day and the wind has been from the NW, which of course, is the direction we intend to go. The plan is to leave tomorrow morning and go up to Fishing Bay (near Deltaville) and anchor for the evening. Hopefully the cool breezes will continue and the 100 degree temps are gone until we reach DC.
Monday, June 22, 2009
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