Seabright

We left this morning and it started out chilly on the water, so we are well prepared for the elements. Nanook (Jeannie) of the north is certainly prepared for this chilly adventure. You just gotta love the hat... We have a real style thing going on here.

Certainly not one to be out done, you cannot see my double socks!

It started out very cloudy and we thought we might have a few showers, which seemed in keeping with this system that refuses to let us go. After a few hours however, the clouds parted and lo and behold there is a sun and the warm up begins.

It was a very pleasant ride south with sea about 1-2 ft.  A few days ago it was 6-8 ft...what a difference a few days make.




We did not see many boats or ships for most of the trip south until we reached Thimble Shoals and the entrance to Hampton and Norfolk Va. Suddenly it was very congested with many tugs, as well as large and small vessels.

We went past a sailing regatta, just outside the shipping lane in Norfolk, kind of a tight space but they were having fun on a sunny Sunday afternoon.




Norfolk Naval Yard is the largest Navy facility on the east Coast and is truly impressive from the water.

For today's trip we traveled 60.1nm in about 7.5 hrs. We average a speed of about 8kts. Coming into Hampton Roads we had one heck of a current pushing against us of over 2kts. We averaged 8.5-9 gph and a turn rate of 1500 rpms. By the time we arrived it was sunny and warm. So off came the coats and on go short sleeve shirts and you could almost talk me into shorts. What a difference a day makes!
This evening we are in an urban marina in downtown Norfolk and as the sign outside the boat says Have a nice day!