2022-07-10 Happy 4th, Boat Projects, Port Jefferson, Black Rock, New London

 We stayed a while in Port Jefferson.  Walked to groceries and relaxed for a couple of days while Kris's hand healed.   We also did some boat projects.   

Finally finished the dodger.  Complex curves are difficult to sew.  This one curved section was the toughest sewing project yet.  Strained Kris's patience, and several "time outs" were necessary.

Starboard side dodger.  Short section on right was last bit to sew.

2022-07-02 Overnight trip to New York, Port Washington, and Kris is an clutz

We left Lewes with a predicted south wind, and for once the forecast was accurate.  Had a very nice sail from Lewes, DE, up to New York City.   As we have done before we tried to time the trip so we would arrive in time for favorable tide and current, and be able to pass through New York harbor, and the East River and make it to Port Washington, NY.   

This is tricky timing, as you are never sure how fast you will sail, as it depends on the winds.   We did a spot on job this time, and hit everything with perfect timing.

Leaving Lewes, DE

2022-06-25 Another boatyard, moving north, and then south

 After another trip into town in Annapolis for groceries we decided to head out.

Third time at McDonalds in 6 days - enough for now

2022-06-18 Moving north - checking out boatyards - attack of the flies

Been a busy week, and unfortunately, we were quite lax on taking photos.

Left Norfolk last Sunday, and headed north, having quite a nice sail most of the 43 miles up to Deltaville.  Had to motor last 3 miles, and wind dropped to under 3 knots.

2022-06-12 Leaving the dock, travelling north, Harborfest show in Norfolk

We left the dock after our last packages came in on Monday.  Docks are sticky things - they are convenient, and sometimes hard to pull away from.  

Leaving dock.  Sojourn and What If still at dock.

2022-06-04 Still at the dock - more projects - and laundry

Well, we are still here in Oriental at our friends dock.  Have spent a busy week doing projects.   It can be frustrating to work for 3 days on a single project, and when it is done, you have nothing visible to show for it, but that is how it has been going.

We ran new wiring from our engine rooms to our battery cabinet.  We upsized the wire, as we are wanting our engine alternators to charge our lithium battery bank directly.  This means more amps coming in when running the engines, which means bigger wires needed.  The wiring for starboard and port are done, but unfortunately our port alternator did not arrive yet, so we will finish the last bit of the project later.

2022-05-29 What's in the frig?, Projects Projects

We are staying at our friends dock, and since this is such a  treat to have water and power, and a place ship items, we are taking advantage, and trying to order as many things as we need, and do projects.  We came back with a list of items to work on, or purchase.  A list of about 150 items.   Some are simple, like order some spare 3 amp fuses.  Some are more complex, like haul the boat and put on new bottom paint.  

One of our first projects to tackle was the refrigerator.  Since our friends at the dock had a somewhat empty fridge we could use to store our cold stuff in.

Every now and then we would see some brownish water/ice building at the forward inboard side of the frig, the side by the freezer.