Nothing out of the ordinary happened during the evening at anchor… was a calm pleasant night. We had a fairly long day planned so we set the alarm and we were up before sunrise. I took Beecha to land to do her business and we had the anchor up and underway by 0630 hours. Destination for the night… Reedville, VA.

The forecast was for 10-15 knot winds out of the SSE with 2-3 waves… increasing to 15-20 knot S winds in the afternoon with 3-4 waves… this was another reason why we wanted to leave early… wanted to be in Reedville before the winds increased. 3-4 waves would not be that bad but I always anticipate whatever NOAA forecasts as wrong… it always seems to be worse than predicted and this time it was as I thought. When we departed we had minimal winds but soon they were the 15 to 20 knots and we had 3-4 waves on our stern. The ride was ok but it’s always nicer when it’s calm.

We pulled into the Great Wicomico River and in a few minutes were again in calm waters and docking at Fairport Marina, Reedville, VA and secure to the dock at approximately 1415 hours. Our approximate location for the evening was N37°49.947’, W076°17.125’. We first went to this marina several years ago with our good friend Don Gillette when we were helping him take a friends 36’ Monk back to CT. We spent two days at this marina due to weather and they had the coldest beer and best burgers. We try to stop here just for the beer and burgers… LOL Plus dockage is only $1 per foot… the beer was still ice cold and the burgers were awesome! Only disappointment was the charge for 50 amp electric… they wanted $20 for the night… CRAZY!

We traveled for 7 hours and 45 minutes covering 55.63 nautical miles averaging 7.18 knots.

We had a great weekend visiting with Wayne and Just McPhail and sadly we had to depart on Monday. Due to tide restrictions we had to wait until a mid tide before we could leave. One section of the Pagan River called Bobs Shoal is really shallow. There is no way we could get through any other way.

We departed at 1100 hours and headed out the Pagan River and down the James River towards the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. It was really windy and with the late start we did not go that far... we stopped at Hampton just before entering the Chesapeake Bay. We went up past all the marinas and under a small fixed bridge and anchored at approximately 1415 hours. There were two other boats already anchored there but there was plenty of room for us as well. Our approximate location for the evening was N37°01.685’, W076°20.288’.

We traveled for 3 hours and 15 minutes covering 20.06 nautical miles averaging 6.17 knots.

We departed from Portsmouth, VA at 0800 hours and our destination was Smithfield, VA to spend a couple of days visiting with our good friends and Wayne and Judy McPhail... they are MTOA members that we met at an MTOA rendezvous that was held at Tidewater Marina in Portsmouth in I believe 2006 or was it 2007... anyway, the McPhails invited any MTOA members to come up to Smithfield after the rendezvous and we went... and we have become good friends since then... we try to visit them on our trip north and south each year if at all possible... they are absolutely awesome people!

We arrived to there house located on the Pagan River at approximately 1130 hours and we spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday there... Our approximate location for the weekend was N36°59.605’, W076°37.432’.

We traveled for 3 hours and 30 minutes covering 23.18 nautical miles averaging 6.62 knots.