More work on the boat. Dean finished dewaxing the hull, sanded the bottom, and has put on two coats of new paint.
It can be somewhat discouraging to do a couple of days of work, to end up with the finished product looking quite similar to what you started with.
Had a blue bottom before, and still does.
We moved to Worton Creek, and anchored just outside the marina. Did a few more things to get the boat ready to haul. Had a big storm with dumping rain come through, and we actually drug anchor for the first time in two years. When we hauled the anchor up, found the bottom was just goopy mud, and we had a black plastic bag wrapped on anchor - so don't feel too bad. We did not do anything as we drug, as we had room, and were moving pretty slow. When storm stopped, we re-anchored and got a good nights sleep.
Last time our boat was hauled we had a little green frog that got on the boat, that we gently took off and put back in the marsh area near the boat.
We left Lewes on a good day, and timed the current perfectly to head north on the Delaware Bay, and through the C&D canal to Chesapeake City. We went 64.3 miles in 9.5 hours. We only sailed a couple of hours unfortunately, but to average 6.76 knots is pretty good, considering our best motor speed on one engine (which is what we normally do to save fuel) is only 5.4 knots.
We left Lewes early in the morning and had a spectacular sunrise.
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| Gorgeous sunrise leaving Lewes, DE around 6:00 a.m. |
We had a nice sail to Port Washington. Had a couple of thunderstorms with 30 knots, but we had plenty of warning, and dropped sails before it hit. Charm got a brief fresh water rinse. We also sailed through a race going on. Fun to see all the spinnakers flying.
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| Storms coming |
It has been a hot week.
We left Montauk lake, and motored over to Sag Harbor.
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| Leaving Lake Montauk |
Left Cuttyhunk anchorage and planned to head to Block Island. The winds did not cooperate, so instead of Block Island, we went back to Newport. Had a nice sunrise to start the trip.
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| Sunrise at Cuttyhunk |
We had a couple of good days in Newport before we left, got groceries, had a nice lunch out, and woo-hoo finished the sling seat sewing project.
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| Finishing up the sling seat on the boat. It is 9.5' long, so takes up a lot of room |
