Oh so Sailing!

By Mark

We are in Hampton, Virginia, just by Norfolk, home of a large naval base and NCIS for you TV crime show fans. We got here with more days of exceptional sailing. In an area where the prevailing wind is from the south, and our destination is south, we were blessed with east, west and north winds that gave us three days of gorgeous ocean sailing. Our new mainsail proved its worth, and we even had a half day spinnacker run. We also did an overnight sail into Hampton, which was a pleasure and a challenge. After days of motoring in the Erie Canal (which I have renamed the ‘Root Canal’ not because the canal was bad, but because I dealt with so many mechanical issues) it was so nice to turn off the engine and let Crimson Kathryn be the excellent SAILING yacht she is. Hour after hour of quiet rolling in the Atlantic, watching pelicans and dolphins, sunsets, a sandy coastline, letting that warm wind pull us effortlessly along, in just a perfect balance. It was an unbeatable way for Marybeth and I to celebrate our anniversary. Words fail.

So if words fail, where are the pictures, you justifiably ask? It’s rather windy here in Hampton, and our AM foray into town for groceries and bubbly resulted in a rather wet dinghy ride back, so the second visit to town during which we planned to upload pics has been replaced with chillaxing on board, rum in glass, and Great Big Sea on the stereo. 

We are headed ‘inside’ for the next few days, meaning we are using the Intracoastal waterway to avoid Cape Hatteras, and hope to ‘Wifi’ in Elizabeth City before returning to the Atlantic at Beauford, NC. 

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