We spent a day in Oriental, the site of our 1st docking with Maerin when we brought her home in 2006. At that time we thought Oriental was a great spot to revisit, and we did that yesterday and today. There is a great marine consignment facility here, lots of recycled marine stuff. Some good, […]
Archive for November, 2008
Belhaven, NC
Nov 8th 2008Cruise Log & Location & Southbound 08
Updates are sparse for now and a day or two. Our Verizon broadband here in NC is not too swift, and there are no wi-fi access points available that are open, so more detail will be added when a better connection comes our way. We made the short 10 mile run from the anchorage at […]
Coinjock, NC
Nov 8th 2008Cruise Log & Location & Southbound 08
We made our way from Norfolk finally on Thursday as the low pressure system started moving off to the east. We had lots of company since everyone else who is southbound was waiting for the weather to moderate as well. There were 14 boats in our procession from Norfolk thru Gilmerton and the Virginia Cut. […]
Norfolk – Portsmouth
Nov 6th 2008Cruise Log & Location & Southbound 08
2340Yesterday we watched as the Statsraad Lehmkuhl pulled into the pier at Norfolk’s Waterside. She’s from Norway, follow the link above to see the details. Those aren’t crows hanging in that rigging, they’re crew. They were in formation, and singing sea chanteys as they approached the pier. Pretty impressive! Consider that the masts are almost […]
Norfolk
Nov 3rd 2008Cruise Log & Location & Southbound 08
Arrived Norfolk Sunday afternoon, anchored at Hospital Point. Had a decent cruise from Deltaville VA where we stayed Saturday night. We’ll stay here in Norfolk for a day or two, do a bit of exploring here and at Portsmouth. We’re anchored on the Portsmouth side, it’s just a short dinghy hop to shore at Tidewater […]