Here is one of the lighthouses on the way down the Chesapeake to Hampton Roads. You can kinda see how rough the water was although the camera always makes the waves look smaller.
When we anchored at Hampton, we were rewarded with a flaming sunset.
Here are John and Cheryl, owners of Kloosh, another Sceptre 41 with whom we travelled for a while. They are in the first lock of the Dismal Swamp Canal with us right behind them.
Here is Kloosh under sail - looks a lot like us, but Kloosh is much newer.Sunday, October 28,2007
We anchored this afternoon in Hampton, VA which is right at the mouth of the confluence of the James and Elizabeth Rivers. All very close are Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, and Hampton. We had a wild sail down here with wind up to 33 knots in the gusts. Fortunately, it was behind us so we were pretty level although the motion wasn't the best with the wind against the tide all day. We are glad to be here. Tomorrow we are going to meet another Sceptre 41, Kloosh, and go with them down the Dismal Swamp Canal. This canal was dug under the supervision of one G. Washington (yup, him again) who seems to show up everywhere around here. It is very primitive, but shallow.
We have spent a lot of time in rivers with Indian names - like Mill Creek was a tributary to the Great Wicomoco River and Jackson Creek, Deltaville was a tributary to the Pianktank River. I'm glad the indians got to leave something of themselves. It must have been a paradise for them with the oysters, crabs, and geese ready for the pot. Only the mosquitos were a plague. Fortunately, coming in fall, we missed those. We really could have spent a year exploring the Chesapeake. We saw some of the high points, but there are thousands of miles of shoreline and only about half of is is covered with rich people houses. If I had known there were going to be so many rich people, I might have tried harder to be one of them. I always thought that being middle-class was pleasantly comfortable. I am beginning to figure out that it means being poor with dignity.
2 comments:
Glad to see that you've met up with Kloosh. Isn't it fun to sail with another Sceptre? There were three of us on this year's Baja Ha-Ha: another 41 and a 43.
-Shirlee
s/v Solstice
Sceptre 41 sail #12
Wild! Keep it up.
I lived in Santa Cruz 35 yrs ago. still have friends there but the traffic is appalling.
I've only only owned 2 boats......one for 30 years which I just sold. Sailed it all over the Pacific when I must have been young and less calculating.
NOW, we have just looked at a Sceptre 41 and I can't concentrate on much else.
I want to do it again.
The only thing about this Sceptre is that it has Hood in mast roller furling that sets up a very annoying harmonic hummmmmmmmmmmmm when the wind in light and right on the bow. ugh.
I want to look at others.
Any things that bother you about your Scpetre?
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