Sapphire...One day at a time.
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Mike
October 16th, 2009 Deep Creek, VA to Goat Island, NC
We only went about 28 miles today but it seemed to take forever. It was a cold dreary day... perfect for transiting the Dismal Swamp. Everyone on the dock walked up to Robert's office, (read newly re-roofed and re-sided hut... with a conch garden and banana tree in front) for coffee and donuts. There were no boats locking through. So we wasted some time and around 9am left the dock. All four of us were ready Robert opened the Lift Bridge and we were on our way.
It was an uneventful trip. We hit things with our prop a couple of times bout nothing too hard. We slowed to a crawl for the last four miles and were locked through South Mills by 2pm. It is an hour and a half to Goat Island from there and we were anchored by 3:30.
The weather calls for 15 to 20 in the Albermarle Sound tomorrow, which may be a little dicey. I think we've been there in worse, so we'll just give it a go and turn around if necessary.
We only went about 28 miles today but it seemed to take forever. It was a cold dreary day... perfect for transiting the Dismal Swamp. Everyone on the dock walked up to Robert's office, (read newly re-roofed and re-sided hut... with a conch garden and banana tree in front) for coffee and donuts. There were no boats locking through. So we wasted some time and around 9am left the dock. All four of us were ready Robert opened the Lift Bridge and we were on our way.
It was an uneventful trip. We hit things with our prop a couple of times bout nothing too hard. We slowed to a crawl for the last four miles and were locked through South Mills by 2pm. It is an hour and a half to Goat Island from there and we were anchored by 3:30.
The weather calls for 15 to 20 in the Albermarle Sound tomorrow, which may be a little dicey. I think we've been there in worse, so we'll just give it a go and turn around if necessary.
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| Vessel Name: | Sapphire |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Bayfield 40 |
| Hailing Port: | White Lake, Michigan |
| Crew: | Mike and Kathy Steere |
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