Norfolk to Yorktown

Dinner in Willoughby

FlyWhisper — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:19:00 +0200

After a quick stop at Old Point Comfort Marina (The Army’s MWR marina) to pump-out and ge...

FlyWhisper — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:11:00 +0200

Close hauled in a 12-15 knot wind out of the south, the boat was really humming. We sustained 6+ knots of groundspeed for about an hour.&...

FlyWhisper — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:04:00 +0200

As we reached the mouth of the York, the wind quit. We motored out into the Chesapeake in search of a breeze. Along the way we ...

FlyWhisper — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:15:00 +0200

We left our anchorage at the crack of 1015, just as the morning breeze began to die down. Motoring due east down the York River we had ab...

FlyWhisper — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:55:00 +0200

The girls were ready for dinner by the time I secured the anchor detail. We had a delicious dinner in the cockpit while the sun set and t...

FlyWhisper — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:15:00 +0200

Due to the delay caused by the short-cut, we arrived at Yorktown much later than planned. Riverwalk Landing is a very neat place, lots to...

FlyWhisper — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:30:00 +0200

After motoring for about two hours, we finally raised the sails and ran wing-in-wing up the entrance to Back Creek and the Goodwin Thorofare.&n...

FlyWhisper — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:55:00 +0200

Salt Ponds is a great little harbour. The only problem is that it’s full of Marinas and private docks. There are only...