Days 364 -365 Solomons Island - Annapolis MD Start 7:00 AM End 12:40 PM Underway 5:40 Hours Distance 45 Miles Total Miles on Trip 5909 Av Speed 7.8 knots Weather Cloudy, 66 Degrees, Wind 2 Knots SSE Most of the night the wind was still pretty strong and it was still coming out of the East. It had me concerned both for getting off the dock, and how rough would the bay would be in morning. We had no choice but to leave in the morning, becaus...

Days 360- 363 Deltaville VA - Solomons Island MD Start 6:25 AM End 1:10 PM Underway 7:10 Hours Distance 56 Miles Total Miles on Trip 5808 Av Speed 7.9 knots Weather Sunny, 82 Degrees, Wind 6 Knots WSW With a long run ahead of us, and wanting to get travel before the winds pick up we left at 6:30am. Ed & Cathy (Just Another Day) joined Mark & Karen (Kay Dee) and Angel & I as we headed to Solomons Island. There was a lot of c...

Days 359 Yorktown VA - Deltaville VA Start 7:55 AM End 12:30 PM Underway 4:35 Hours Distance 36 Miles Total Miles on Trip 5808 Av Speed 8.0 knots Weather Sunny, 80 Degrees, Wind 7 Knots SSW Not a good start of the day for me. I woke up with my right eye swollen and itchy and it got worse as the day continued. To make it even more fun bright lights (IE SUNLIGHT) makes it even worse. We pulled off the dock at 8am, and headed directly into ...

Days 356 - 358 Norfolk VA - Yorktown VA Start 7:50 AM End 12:25 PM Underway 4:35 Hours Distance 36 Miles Total Miles on Trip 5772 Av Speed 8.0 knots Weather Sunny, 65 Degrees, Wind 7 Knots ENE WOW WOW WOW, that is all I can say. As we were leaving Norfolk, we heard a Sécurité radio call come over the VHF radio (A Sécurité radio call is normally a hazard to navigation) from the Navy announcing that an aircraft ...

Days 353 -355 Coinjock NC - Norfolk VA Start 7:30 AM End 2:00 PMUnderway 5:40 Hours Distance 42 Miles Total Miles on Trip 5736Av Speed 7.4knotsWeather Partly Cloudy, 80 Degrees, Wind 4 Knots WSW I am not sure how to describe the run from Coinjock to Norfolk. Once again there was a lot of traffic, but there must have been a full moon, people were just nuts. Some people passing with no notice only to slow down for no reason, others saying yes pass me,...