Extended Stay America Virginia Beach - Independence Blvd.

... John, Paul and Carter—who were the same crew that helped us bring the boat south after purchase in December 2006. We topped off our dinghy fuel. Dave awaited the arrival of a replacement B&G electronic component, having been assured that it would arrive prior to our departure. When it failed to arrive by the end of October he was beginning to reconcile himself to the fact that we would have to set sail without it.
Norfolk, Virginia, United States pas_de_deux

... bringing the beast with us. The marketers could appreciate our sponsorship decals we post all over the RV.
I was not too worried about Josh's first competition. He could have warmed up at the first two which should have taken place before the Dawn of the Shred. Hotline Surf and Skate moved their dates to November 14th, which we already have left town for that, and WRV's competition ...

... three of which had popped out again during our brisk sail the final day down the Bay. We spent a day shopping for odds and ends and final groceries. Dave finished the lifeline project. We replaced the propane supply hose and the water maker feed pump cooling fan. Dave unclogged the starboard vanity drain line. We refilled our dinghy gas container. Donna worked on final stowing for our journey and has been working on SSB weather reporting.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States pas_de_deux

WARNING Rough Draft Copy. Editing will come throughout the week.


Ahhh... it's the 29th of October, and I've slowly started to pack up all our things we have accumulated over the last 29 days staying here at First Landing State Park. I've washed all the dishes, and locked down most of our belongings in our cabinets and closets. Laundry has been done, and there are only a few things left for me to do to get ready ...

... were there and out went the lines. The mate was on his toes as he quickly set up 6 rigs. We were thinking we would be trolling for a half hour or more before we saw any action but that wasn't the case. To everybody's surprise the first rig went off just as the mate finished letting out the last line. And the reel was screaming too, we ...

... checkup performed and had filter dryers installed in the refrigeration lines for both the freezer and refrigerator. We would be setting the larger unit to act as our freezer which we wanted for more capacity.

During the summer, we noticed that the satellite phone wouldn’t turn on. Donna placed a phone call to a representative in Norfolk who identified the problem as a dead internal battery. Unfortunately, the batteries (which have a 6-7 year ...

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 ...

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