Down the Chesapeake

It seems a shame to have to make such a quick run down the bay, but we only had two days left to get to our final destination at the Atlantic Yacht Basin on the inter coastal waterway (ICW) South of Norfolk.  So we set out to put in a couple of long days to close out the run and finish up on Friday night.

The West end of the C&D Canal

Dredging Operations

The Willian P Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge

We stopped in Solomons MD for the night - late once again and navigating by markers in unfamiliar waters.  However, the anchorage was very calm and we enjoyed a nice steak and chicken dinner that evening with all the trimmings - a la Lawrence.

Solomons MD Anchorage

Home in Solomons - Nice!

A Fleming 55 passes a nice Nordhavn 62`

We were back at it the following day going down the bay to Norfolk.

Barges on the go all the time

Captain not always on the go at all times!

Nice Light houses - all Business!

The entrance near Norfolk and the ICW

A European Auto Carrier

I expect to get some additional pictures from Neil of the Norfolk area - it is a major US Naval base and the shipping industry in the area is unreal.  When all was said and done we covered over 800KM in 67 hours of run time over a 6 day period.  When you figure that we had two short days of 6 hours in the mix we also had some 12 - 14 hour days to make up for it.

Over all, despite all the little gaffs along the way - we really did well!  We overcame each challenge (I did not include them all by a long shot) with calm, patience and persistence.  We experienced all kinds of weather, sea states, navigation, night time, traffic, radio operations and mechanical issues and delivered safely in good humour.

Without wishing to break my arm patting ourselves on the back - we did an outstanding job!