Deltaville

 4/30- Poquoson River to Godfrey Bay (Deltaville)

   The wind was blowing hard this morning, so hard we had to motor the boat ahead in order to haul the anchor up. Once on board though we turned her around rolled out the yankee sail and away we went. The wind was right behind us which is not a great point of sail for my boat. That’s why we only used the yankee so it wouldn’t be quite so dangerous if we jibed. Of course we jibed right away. But after getting that untangled we cruised right along. We were doing about 3-4 knots but it was a pleasant day and we were not in a hurry. It died down a bit around noon and I thought about putting the spinnaker up. After hemming and hawing about it for a while the tide changed and so did the current. With that the wind piped up and we were off again. 

    The entrance to the bay is a long and winding channel which is not visible above the water but well buoyed.  We rolled up the Yankee and motored into the wind. Godfrey Bay is a large bay about 15-20 feet deep and is on the south side of the peninsula on which Deltaville rests. We pulled up to shore on the southwest end and dropped the anchor. 

   I have been feeling tired and I guess anxious to get home again. We have made arrangements to have the boat taken out of the water in 2 weeks. After living on the boat for almost a year I am sort of ready to get off. I know from experience though that 2 weeks after I’m home I’ll want to be back on it. For now though we are trying not to rush through these last two weeks and enjoy sailing in the Chesapeake. 

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