Hey Somedayers,
We’re in Elizabeth City, North Carolina as of noon on the 18th of Sept. The weather has been great as far as warmth and sun shine but sometimes a little breezy for some of the crew. Yesterday and this morning we were in the Dismal Swamp, ( south of Norfolk Virginia and at the North Carolina state line) jammed a submerged log between the rudder and the prop late yesterday witch stalled the engine. God I hate that; you know when all of a sudden everything that you thought you knew goes thru your mind and ends up with NOW WHAT!. Well… after a few minutes and Lord I need your help we got the log loose and were on our way, Spent the night at South Mill, North Carolina tied up at the bridge, where I’ve spent a few nights before with BananaWinds and some great friends. This morning we left at 0900 hrs. thru the lock at 0915 and commenced to get another submerged log tangled in the rudder, this time losing all steerage. Dammmm! You’re killing me here. This time, we did throw Sharon over, and in a few minutes she gotter lose, good job Sharon. You know it sounded good. Anyway here we are in Elizabeth City, hanging out wondering what you’re all doing , excuse me ,what yall are doin cause I know it’s Saturday and nobody’s working but me. Hey… this is work, besides I don’t have a real job.
Next couple of days look to be on the lite air side 5 to 10 just what Sharon ordered, good for motor sailing and taking it easy. The boat has been great and is very easy to handle but because of the center cockpit it seems to have a lot of freeboard and collects a lot of windage, pushing the boat sideways, frontways, backways, and allways. Hey Boss… I needs a bow thruster here!!
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Until We get internet again.
AND
As always, you know who loves ya.
Sail Naked