Everyday is a learning experience when cruising. Learning what has broken since yesterday. Today it’s the tender battery; all of its electrons have escaped. Batteries are consumables, we replaced our 24 VDC system AGMs at Tidewater. Our house batteries, thankfully, appear to be going strong. Replacing those is a big job; six 175 pound 8Ds …
Weather forecast last night was 5 days of sunshine; no rain. This morning we are up early unplugging and casting off lines – in the rain. East coast weather seems to be terribly unpredictable. Thunderstorms pop up seemingly at random. They can also dissipate quickly as well. Makes life on the water interesting. We motor …
Beautiful day, beautiful people. We enjoyed the company of Deanna’s high school friend; Juanita and Dirk, showed them Tivoli, relaxed in their gorgeous Chesapeake Bay home, threw the ball to Duchess, watched the osprey, drank a glass of wine, lovely dinner on the Rappahannock. Life doesn’t get much better! We’ve enjoyed Deltaville; a beautiful boating …
Entering the Rappahannock River we passed this beautiful Deltaville Chesapeake Deadrise vessel. Designed in the 1880s this style craft has been in use on the Bay ever since. Her large cockpit and shallow draft is perfect for the Chesapeake.. Watermen on the Bay use them to fish for rockfish or eel or dredge for clam …
Navy patrol boat 507 hails us on the VHF. We are informed a submarine is inbound to Norfolk Navy Base and is passing the Hampton Roads bridge/tunnel. We are heading out of Norfolk Harbor traveling north up the Elizabeth River toward the oncoming sub. We are instructed to maintain a minimum of 500 yards distance …
The barge is dead ahead and looks to be passing to our port. Suddenly, it turns right in front of us and blows its horn. We are doing 8.4 knots but I spin the wheel hard to port and Tivoli safely, if narrowly, passes the tug on the “two whistle” – starboard to starboard. Thought …
Still waiting at AYB to get our broken head replaced. The weather offshore is also not cooperating. So we wait. We spend our days reading, taking walks, stocking up on groceries, Uber rides to other locations, small boat projects, route planning, a bit of TV, etc. We’ve also enjoyed visits with friends on Grey Goose …
It’s hot. 97 degrees yesterday, felt like 104. Looks like we will have to travel way north to find cooler weather; or just endure. We stopped at Atlantic Yacht Basin over two weeks ago. We had some work to be done; fresh bottom paint, both heads needed new joker valves, the pilothouse AC has had …