Noah found kids in Deltaville. We visited the small maritime museum with a family from England and ran into all kinds of families participating in a boat building workshop. Folks build a 12 or 14 foot wooden rowboat in five days. Lots of children were catching crabs and having fun on a floating raft in…

Today’s journey was much less eventful than Sunday’s. The engine performed just the way it was supposed to and there was no oil in the engine pan. Temps climbed close to one hundred and we picked out a marina with a pool. The major landmark today was Wolf Trap light which marks a shoal quite…

With boat projects completed, we set out for Deltaville this morning. It turned out to be a nice day for sailing as we beat up the York River. The new charting software worked well and we passed a three masted schooner going out of Yorktown under full sail. Getting out into the bay, we turned…

On Wednesday we moved from the face dock in Hampton, went out to Sunset Yachting to get diesel, and moved into a slip with floating piers so we didn’t have to worry about the tide. Tides are a new thing for us, as are strange noises in the bottom of the boat at night. It…

Well, it is my birthday and we’re living our dream. What better present could I have than that? This morning we pulled up the anchor and headed up the Elizabeth River. We were not alone as all manner of commercial ships were around. Tugs, barges, container ships and Pilot boats were a few. Then we…