More Sailing

The weather guessers called for SW winds 10-15kts. and they actually were pretty close. We have found that they are never off by more than 180 degrees and they were spot on this time. We left Old Point Comfort about 0630 and had the sails up as soon as we cleared the entrance to Hampton Roads. The wind ranged in a comfortable 10-20kts. Many times Kismet had her shoulder down pushing towards Deltaville. I think she was anxious to get on the hard and be treated to the annual spa treatment. We took the sails in at Jackson Creek and anchored waiting to be hauled out the next day. She was so excited that she even backed perfectly into the haulout bay. We have now begun the long list of maintenance chores. We will be heading to Emily's wedding and Laurie's checkup before heading out West for our big land voyage. It was a great sail to fill the void until we can get back on board. Of course by then we will have to learn to sail again.

Enjoying The Portsmouth VA Area

For the past week or so we have slowly made our way up to Norfolk/Portsmouth VA. We spent a couple of days in Elizabeth City, NC at the free town docks, a night at the Visitors Center in the Dismal Swamp, another night at Elizabeth's Dock by the Deep Creek Lock, and then two nights at the South Ferry Landing Dock in Portsmouth, VA. We enjoyed a wonderful night going to the Commodore Theater. It is the oldest "Dinner & a Movie" theaters in the country - truly an elegant experience. You are seated at your own table with a telephone that you use to make your dinner choice, and then enjoy the movie. We saw the Julia Roberts movie, "Mirror, Mirror" - an updated Snow White theme. The theater is beautiful; a must do! It is also quite reasonable - tickets were $5.00! Today we sailed (yes, actually sailed), 11 miles to Old Point Comfort to anchor for the night, before we head to Deltaville, VA tomorrow - our last stop of the season! We will haul out there for three months while we do some land traveling.

Would Be Nice to Have A Camera!

Today we are sitting at anchor in Cape Lookout Bight, NC. This is one of those spots that a camera would be particularly nice to have to record the magnificent scenery. The lighthouse, the dunes, the beach, etc. We have been wanting to see this area for a few years now, so since we had the time, we came here for a couple of days. To backtrack abit - we tried to anchor in Georgetown, SC but the harbor was way too crowded so we moved on to Butler Island; just 6 miles north for the night. Then off to Osprey Marina, for the night where friends Karen & Bill from Georgetown came for a great visit. We did a Walmart stop and lunch at Ruby Tuesdays. Then, we did another marina stop at St. James Plantation near Southport, NC since this area lacks good anchorages. Then next day hit the current well to travel to Wrightsville Beach, NC. Went to our favorite Mexican Restaurant; Tower7, and walked the beach. We were going to head out the inlet to travel on the outside to Beaufort; but conditions weren't right so off we went on the ICW to anchor in Sloop Point, near Surf City. Next day we weighed anchor at 0615, so that we could time our 0700 arrival at the Surf City Bridge. Then we raised the sails and sailed most of the way to Morehead City on the ICW. We were going to stop at one of our favorite anchorages; Spooner Creek, but when we arrived, a boat was aground in the entrance channel. So....off we went to tie up in Morehead City at the Sanitary Restaurant Dock, another place that we have wanted to check out. Yesterday morning we motored about 10 miles to anchor in beautiful Cape Lookout!