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Our cruise down south & to the Bahamas & beyond.

Tow US!!!!

Al - Calm sunny warm
10/13/2009

Well we made a break for it this morning. It was suppose to be 10-15kt winds & 2-3ft waves,Right! It was dead calm no wind & no waves. Unfortunately coming out of the creek I steered a little to close to the edge of the chanel, & got royally stuck. Could not get off, so called Tow US(now we have our monies worth), which put us back 2 hrs. Anyway we are currently anchored in Jackson Creek (Fishing Bay), & will go exploring tomorrow. Nice thing here is you can see what is going on, on the bay, sometimes the marine forcast is wrong. Anyway we are about 40 miles from Hampton, & are looking forward to meeting up with Snoodle Time.. Pokey give the boys a big hug from us..
P.S. Yesterday was so cold here Jennifer has knitted me a hat ! guess when I get down south I can make like a Jamacian Rasafarian.

4. Chesapeake Bay

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10/13/2009 | Chris & Sheila (sheila att neverbored dott ca)

Yikes! Hope all is well. We are in Onset after an overnight from Maine. We love this anchorage.Will do another big jump after a few days of short sails, might catch up to you yet. You are enjoying it all , the good and the bad and that is what sailing is all about. Happy sailing!

10/13/2009 | Pete & Pokey (Pete dott svPrim att yahoo dott com)

Woohooo, Fishing Bay! Call Toby's restaurant and they'll send a car for you. You have to try their tomato pie. Ken & Lynn on Silverheels III introduced us to that one - fabulous. The Deltaville Market will also pick you up. It's right next to West Marine and a Dollar Store, a triple bonus. Be safe, sail fast. The boyz are waiting for you.

10/14/2009 | Al & Jen (sailingvessel dott ruth att gmail dott com)

Pete/Pokey. Thanks for the Deltaville info we will need the free rides, as it is suppose to rain & blow here for the next few days.

10/15/2009 | Margaret Colquhoun (margcolquhoun att hotmail dott com)

We're still in Weems Creek because of the weather. We hope to get out of here on Sunday or Monday and head to Chop Tank River. It's wet and cold here. We all need to go south!

Quick Update

Al - Windy
10/10/2009, St Mary's Potomac River

We are currently in St Mary's MD, on the Potomac river, just the other side from Virginia!! we had to put in here because the attachment for the tiller autopilot broke, & trying to steer the boat with a tiller is real tiring, compared to a wheel!!!! Any way I managed to put together a hodge podge attachment, actually it may be stronger than what was on the tiller before, unfortunately it is not stainless steel, so at some point I will have to come up with a better attachment. We are planing to leave here on Sunday, but will be taking small hops to get down, as the weather is not cooperating, as in wave heights! & I need to baby the tiller attachment. We are hoping to be in Hampton by the end of the week, if not sooner, Steve of Snoodle Time, has offered us a free slip at his condo so we can fix up things, & then cross the river to the ICW . When we came into the Potomac is was just as the tide was coming out, quite a thrill ride for about 30 mins, but it was tame compared to the run into Barnegat Bay in NJ.

4. Chesapeake Bay

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10/11/2009 | sis (ctaul att cogeco dott ca)

got out my rand mcnally to see where u are & hilighted the icw. looks like a hike to hampton. sunny here 2day but only high of 8. sis

10/11/2009 | Pokey (pokey dott svprim att yahoo dott com)

Hang in there. If we hook up with you a little further down the line, so be it. You guys are worth waiting for. We've had maintenance or a repair at almost every stop but eventually it all gets done. Wish we had a contact for you in St. Mary's.

Jennifer 3 crabs Zero

Al Sunny/windy/warm 70+
10/04/2009, Chalk Point Marine

We now have 3 crabs, Wow & even though they were big, we don't have much to show for them.. Tomorrow we are off the the Solomon Islands & may spend a few days there hidding from the bad weather on Wednesday. Our next door neighbors Dottie & Randy & their wonderful crew went racing today, & scored 3 firsts (go team). We spent some time with them when they came back, & had a great time. Pete, Syke slipped out before we could say hi, & as of night time they have not returned: bummer. Pokey, Jennifer is considering taking over your slip for next summer, we love it here, & the wild swans are wonderful, feed right out of your hand, now if we could only find some dolphins that would do the same!!

4. Chesapeake Bay

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10/04/2009 | Pokey (pokey dott svprim att yahoo dott com)

That's a plan for next summer - we can raft up! The folks at Chalk Point know good folks when they meet them. If you get this before you leave, give a toot of the horn and a double circle around when you head out - that's what we did before we left - see you both soon and don't give up on the Dolphins!

10/05/2009 | Pete (pete dott svprim att yahoo dott com)

LION's PAW is right around the corner from you at our club attending the Whitby Rendezvous. As you come out of the harbor, look or turn left - can't miss it.

10/06/2009 | Dez (dvaghy att yahoo dott com)

Dez here from Kingston. "The graphics guy". I see you are having fun. You guys jumped into my mind and I just viewed your blog for the first time. Weather still livable in Kingston. A hello from me.

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