Our Adventures with Seaquel

Thursday 9/16/16

Today we will have the honor of a guest blogger, our own Capt Ron. Enjoy

We left Coinjock this morning at 0655. We crossed ICW mile marker “0” at 1340. The wind started building and Small Craft Warning were to be posted for our area effective 1700. We made reservations at the Hampton Public Docks in, you guessed it, Hampton, Virginia. 100% cloud cover but no rain. I backed our 40,000 pound ride into our slip with a cross breeze blowing about 12 knots. If it were my boat I’d ask Santa for a Side Power Bow Thruster.

The forecast tomorrow is for more of the same (East wind 15 – 20 knots with two to four foot seas out of the East – we’re headed North!) with the Small Craft advisory ending Friday evening. If the forecast remains the same, we’ll be underway Saturday morning and arrive at Eddie’s home slip Sunday evening.

The question always arises, “Ron, please tell me about the name Coinjock.” Okay, it’s an Indian name for the Mulberry tree/bush. Years ago when I first came across the name I thought it was a venereal disease. “What is it Doc, I can take it!” “Son, you have the worst case of Coinjock I’ve ever seen.” Of course, when I was a child and riding through the East Bay of San Francisco, I thought Milpitas was some type of horrible disease. “Sorry Francis, but you’ve got the worst case of Milpitas this hospital has ever seen.” I though a sea cruise would get these demented thoughts out of my mind, but so far it hasn’t worked.

So far we’ve done:

135 Statute miles on the Okeechobee canal across Florida.

985 Statute miles on the ICW: Stuart, Florida to Norfolk, Virginia

10 nautical miles on an arm of the Chesapeake Bay

We put on 200 gallons of Diesel at Isle of Hope, Georgia and 300 gallons at Dowry Creek Marina just north of Belhaven, North Carolina.

Alive, kicking and motoring North.

Love, Ron