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Death on the ICW
Spent our second day at the free dock in Chesapeake, Va doing more shopping. We met a liveaboard here who pointed out one of the reason there are so many flies here is that several days ago a boater smelled … Continue reading
We made it to Chesapeake
Chesapeake, VA that is. We’re still about 12 miles from the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. We’re at a free dock just north of the “Great Bridge”. We’re just south of the “Great Lock”, which we’ll lock through tomorrow AM. We … Continue reading
Oriental N.C.
We left the free restaurant dock at Southport 2 days ago. We spent yesterday night anchored in a Marine base (Ft. Le Jeune). We were buzzed by helicopters, had multiple dinghies with armed marines landing on the beach (practicing obviously), … Continue reading
Boring
After all the excitement of Hurricane Irene, I’m back to just reporting our progress. We left Myrtle Beach early this AM, encountered lots of fog. Had Janice at the bow blowing our foghorn, while I had my eyes peeled on … Continue reading
This is what we were trying to avoid!
A stranded sailboat founders in the surf along the Willoughby Spit area of Norfolk, Va. as Hurricane Irene hits Norfolk, Va., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. They live aboard couple attempted to outrun the storm and got caught up in the … Continue reading
Anticlimactic
It’s 6AM here, still dark. Luckily Irene weakened through the night (now just Cat 1) and the eye came no closer than 125 miles of us. We slept like babies through the worst of it. No damage (except for some … Continue reading
It’s getting dark
Well our preparations are complete, now we just wait. The worst should happen at 2 AM tonight. While killing time surfing the net I came across this photo. Not reassuring.
Waiting
A better photo of Latitude Adjustment demonstrating the “hurricane hole” aspects of our marina. We met 3 other boats here in the same situation, i.e. traveling and ducking into this marina to wait out the storm. We all decided to … Continue reading
Myrtle Beach
We arrived this afternoon at the only marina that would let us stay during a hurricane. I can see why. The marina is in a basin several hundred feet off the ICW completely surrounded by dense trees and mangroves. There … Continue reading
We can’t escape
Latest hurricane track is for Irene to hit the junction of N and S Carolina on Saturday. We’re currently near Charleston S.C. We’re heading for Myrtle Beach, S.C., should reach there on Wednesday. Why Myrtle Beach (exactly where the current … Continue reading