Best Western Holiday Sands Inn & Suites Norfolk

... On October 30 we began consulting with our hired weather router (Chris Parker) for a weather window of opportunity for departure. Donna had been doing weather research through NOAA downloads over the SSB radio and the apparent conditions around November 1 were confirmed through conversations with Chris on October 31 as not favorable for departure due to excessively strong northerly winds. Thus we began a holding pattern waiting ...

... lost both rounds, boy were the other skaters really good. We watched the winners, and saw the prizes being handed out. There was 300 dollars first place, 150 second, and 50 dollars in third place. Everyone got something. The Volcom Marketer gave us a big Volcom sticker to put on our RV, which we neglectfully should have brought to the competition to hype up Josh. Next one, we're ...

... opportunity to run the washing machine for the first time. It works! We “executed” a med moor tie-up at Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club, together at their visitor dock.

On October 23 we took a short sail to Jackson Creek off the Piankatank River. The channel entry is quite tiny—very interesting. We had motored the last 1-1/2 hours due to an adverse current. Jackson Creek was the most crowded anchorage we have ever been at in ...

... really really really young last time my feet touched a skateboard, those originial plastic fish tail you see from the 70's and 80's. A friend Steve Holeczy was 9 or 10, and he had a indoor pool at his home which was drained. It was a classic kidney style, but really small and tight. This was my first exposure to skateboarding at that time, and I was already on the wrestling team, and had no problem jumping on the board and ...

... span) cannot be changed by the owner so a guru conveniently offered to visit and replace the battery, which is soldered into the phone’s circuit board. His availability was critical because we were only a few days away from our lease expiring at the marina at the end of September and after that date we would be on the water "out of reach". The guru tested all functionality with the phone number we had already established through our Mini-M subscription.

Finally—back to sailing! We've spent Labor Day week out cruising with Alize. We left Norfolk September 5 sailing on pleasant, sunny N NE 10-15 kt winds to the Severn River on Mobjack Bay. This was the first upwind "test" of our new main sail and rudders. We took a long tack across the Bay then headed for Mobjack. Caught only a couple small bluefish on the clark spoon – no keepers. The next day we headed to ...

... and waving through the enlisted brought back so many memories of my seven years in uniform. We stopped and got a visitor’s pass, and did not miss the red tape paperwork the military uses. We had to fill out a 48DD 728A form along with ID and vehicle registration, and gave two drops of blood with two separate DNA samples before we were able to get on. Once we did…groups of sailors in grey Navy shirts and blue shorts jogged together in ...

... were not informed of any particular date. We obviously would have wished to coordinate a visit when Dave could be there to discuss the topic with the company rep. Unfortunately, that is not how things played out and we learned by telephone that the representative had torn a hole through our trampoline and fallen into the water during his visit. Our friend Paul, a Norfolk resident, was able to visit Pas de ...

... France in September 2001. This design is known for its strong but lightweight construction, asymmetrical hulls, high aspect ratio daggerboards, tulip shaped bows, and extremely high bridgedeck clearance - resulting in a fast and safe voyager. The composite hull materials used in construction include vinylester resin, coring with PVC closed cell foam, unidirectional cloth for the outer laminate and Twaron (similar to Kevlar ...

... the fishing rod holder and cleaned inside the forward hatch openings, measuring for replacement hatch latches. We removed three extra berth cushions (wrongly sized) from the boat to store at home until we could determine how they might be useful. Dave tested the cockpit VHF speaker and took measurements to replace a faulty one. He also took measurements of interior space where he was thinking to store his fishing rods. Always plenty to do!