Poquoson

 4/29- Norfolk to Poquoson River

  It was a beautiful morning when we departed and we caught the outgoing tide. This is a heavily industrialized port. We saw tons of shipping activity. We saw one container ship being loaded and all I could think of was somewhere in one of those containers is my package. Just think of all the sneakers and rubber duckies that must be tucked away in one of those containers. 

   Anyway we got into Hampton Roads and we raised the sails and turned off the motor. Well we tried anyway. We sort of stumbled through this just getting everything set up again. We were just plain out of practice plus we had 2 big container ships bearing down on us. We had every point of sail on this trip. We started running down wind and even tried a bit of wing on wing. Then it went to a broad reach then a beam reach and then finally a close reach. The wind was pretty much on the nose for the last 3 miles so we called on Mr Perkins again. 

    The anchorage is smack in the middle of the Poquoson River. There is nothing much around and we are about a 1/2 mile from shore in any direction. Still the water is a beautiful green color even if it’s a bit chilly. Yes I did jump in for maybe 20 seconds. This is not Florida water. 

   We were struggling today with navigating. On the ICW navigating is straight forward and there is a bread crumb trail to follow. Now in the bay we have to check various charts to try to get a feel for where we are going. It’s sort of like walking with a cane and then having it taken away. We’ll get back into it soon 



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