A blog about exploring North America in a Camper Van and a Sailboat.
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You Don’t Want this View from Your Boat
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…
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Maintenance Days
Under the docks at York River Yacht Harbor lurks millions of baby oysters. The Sarah Creek Shellfish company buys seed oysters in Maine and grows them in tubs and racks under the docks here. When they get to be over an inch, they move them out into beds in the bay and then harvest them…
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Hampton to Yorktown
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…
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Portsmouth to Hampton
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…
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Portsmouth
Today we explored the opposite shore and found the Portsmouth Shipyard Museum and Portsmouth lightship. This side is more conducive to visiting boaters as it has free docks to tie up at during the day. Norfolk charged $3.25 to land your dinghy. They have a nice children’s museum with an extensive toy train collection along…
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Deep Creek & Norfolk
The Deep Creek Bridge opened up at 8:30. There was no hurry to get from there to the lock, as the lock keeper does both jobs. This lock, the last of two on the Dismal Swamp canal was a real treat. As we descended eight feet to the level of the Elizabeth River, the lockmaster,…