Tazewell Hotel & Suites Norfolk

... the water.

We rendezvous’d near Hampton Roads bridge tunnel with Our White Magic departing from Bluewater Yacht Marina at Hampton. Existing conditions were 15-20 knot NE winds and, due to the close apparent wind angle required to pass through the South Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, we began motor sailing upwind. You can follow our position reports at http://www.winlink.org/userpositions under reporting vessel KI4VYJ.

... 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 ...

... had popped out earlier). The sail was given a clean bill of health and measurements were taken for a new genoa which Dave anticipated replacing in the relatively near future. On October 15, the electronics representative came out to troubleshoot the B&G full function display unit. His verdict was that the unit was bad and needs to be replaced or rebuilt in order to regain its full functionality. In the meantime, its basic functions work and are ...

... 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.

... Bay on the Piankatank River arriving just before 4PM after a pleasant sail with partly sunny skies and N NW wind 12-18 kts. We spent the following day laid up in Fishing Bay due to stong NE winds and rain. Dave cleaned the props and barnacles off the hulls. We started the watermaker for the first time since it was “pickled” years ago by the prior owner. The quality of the water seemed good but we were ...

... wire lifelines with 6mm Dyneema™ line. We will re-commission the Spectra water maker we inherited with the boat and have yet to use. We also hope to spend some time compounding and waxing the hull and topsides gelcoat – just to put some “icing on the cake”. Donna has been working for months on all the “provisioning” and “storage” aspects of our planning. We expect it to all come together quite nicely over the next month.

... Tom...and perhaps in denial of the fact that he has been dead for years. After touring the house we explored the gardens and took pictures of all of the beautiful flowers that decorate the outside. By the time we finished it was about 4 o'clock. We grabbed a bite to eat at The Nook restaurant in the historic district of ...

... of buildings. Today I feel much better. I have the use of half of my nose, which means that half of my taste buds have returned. Today the humidity is out in full force. I suppose I lucked out by not having to deal with it in Boston and DC. At least here I'm always near air conditioning. Well, that's it for today. It's time for a shower and then bed because tomorrow it's a 6 or so hour drive to Myrtle Beach. Here's to hoping there's no more sudden downpours.

... just needed to be tightened it seems. He cleaned the dinghy and cleaned out one of the cockpit lockers. He scrubbed and recoiled some dirty mooring lines. Dave is troubleshooting to determine why the GPS isn't talking to the autopilot, radar and other instruments. He cleaned both port and starboard bilges again. He reset the depth sounder to indicate depth from the water line (as opposed to depth from the bottom ...

... to add to our set of galley equipment (extras from home). Donna continued to dehumidify the forward port cabin. On the decorating front-we installed a paper towel holder in the galley, Dave hung the rudder from his first sailboat, a Sailfish, in the main salon and Donna hung a towel holder in the guest head and installed decorative shelf covers in both heads. Donna trimmed and installed a shower curtain in the master head. We made up the bed ...