I fell asleep just after midnight listening to the winds howl and heavy rain... I thought there was no way the conditions were going to be calm enough for us to leave in the morning... I was wrong! Awoke around 0500 and there was NO WIND. Looked at the weather forecast and it had not changed since I last looked... so we prepared to leave.

After a slow to get started morning we finally dropped the lines and were underway at 0630. The sun was just beginning to brighten the horizon as we backed out of the slip. Appeared like it was going to be a nice day... todays destination Hampton, VA as a staging point for our Friday destination of Smithfield, VA to visit Wayne and Judy McPhail who live on the Pagan River there. We can only get in to their home at high tide which is at noon on Friday... Hampton for the night and then only 3-4 hours to Smithfield on Friday where the new inverter/charger has already been delivered and waiting for me to install.

We had a favorable current for about 3 hours pushing us over 7 knots... but all good things seems to end and we slowed down as the current changed from ebb to flood... but stayed above 6 knots.

We arrived to our destination for the night Hampton Public Piers Hampton, VA and were securely docked at 1645. Our location for the night N37°01.445’, W076°20.478’. We traveled today for 10 hours and 15 minutes covering 66.8 nautical miles averaging 6.5 knots.