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Soaking up the weather before a trip home
We left Wrightsville Beach when the weather report suggested that we would be tailing behind the storm front that had rained us in for the last several days. We were promised 14 knot winds and clear skies. The good weather actually even blew in a few hours earlier than expected, but with the rain finally clear we decided to take the morning to see the actual beach at Wrightsville before leaving. The beach is a beautiful sandy beach with intermittent entrances between beach houses and long grass and cacti. It was very nice to walk along the beach. The waves were quite generous coming up on shore, reminding me of…
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Another week, another state or two closer to the Bahamas
It feels like we are back into the thick of cruising life. Not that we actually left it, but now we are out of the Chesapeake and visiting new places again. After we left Solomons we took two days, of motoring, to get ourselves to Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk is an interesting city to sail into. It is home to the largest naval base in the world. We had previously stopped at Hampton, just across the inlet but sailing up the Elizabeth River is unique because you get to sail past an impressive array of naval ships, and they are very large! There were destroyers, aircraft carriers and other support ships.…
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Moving on from Maryland, because summer is over
This week has been a bit of a roller coaster. Nothing really too bad, but certainly there have been some ups and downs. We spent our last two days in St. Michael’s doing schoolwork in the morning and then going to shore in the evening to get the kids moving. One day, we scootered (and I ran) over to the elementary school and another evening we played tag at the playground. Tag is a more difficult game when you play with teenagers, especially those that have longer legs than you. Saturday the wind finally settled down in the bay and we headed out for Solomons. It was an uneventful motor…
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Flushing out an important boat job
So I have avoided talking about our toilets because I didn’t want to delve too far into all the crap we have been putting up with (pun intended, unfortunately). But, we have finally got our selves almost set up properly so I am moving beyond the trauma of this part of our boat improvements. I also think it is good to cover the toilet fiascos because they truly are an important aspect of boating life. We got our toilets going in Carriacou and could tell that they didn’t always work the way they were supposed to. There are 5 toilets on our boat. One in each head, in which there…
