whthOctober 28,. 2020
After a night at anchor in the marshland below Norfolk, we headed south. Fully intending to make it to Bellhaven, NC the next day, the hurricane Zita remnants were bringing gale winds and crossing the Abermarle Sound was not a good idea, nor was there a safe place below the Sound to find refuge. We arrived at Coinjock by 9:30 AM and they found a place for us to wait out the storm for 2 days with lots of company. More famous prime rib for Joe.
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October 27, 2020. Norfolk, VA
Foggy but had some clearing off and on as we traveled the 60 miles to Norfolk to Waterside Marina. On our way into the harbor we got into a military area and got chased out by some military boats, then met the aircraft carrier, the Gerald Ford leaving port. The next morning we went to tour the USS Wisconsin. We couldn't get into some of the lower areas due to Covid still but did have an informative tour. Norfolk has lots of local street art which included lots of mermaids, one of Joe's favorites. October 24, 2020. St. Michael, MD is the town known as the one who fooled the British. During the Revolution, the town had 6 or more ship building facilities which attracted the British troops. As the British approached the locals darkened the town and hung lanterns in the trees above the town. This caused the British to overshoot their cannon above the town. Today this is a quaint and popular destination with great food and shops. They display the British and American Flags around town. The original homes and buildings are in good condition and you can absorb lots of history here. We spent the afternoon at their maritime museum.
October 20. 2020. With the many issues and delays of 2020, we were not able to make our way back through the Great Lakes and to home port of Sturgeon Bay, WI. We have decided to use this as a gift and return to the warm weather and blue waters of Florida and finish out Great Loop in 2021.
We had a good travel day from NYC and made it to Cape May, NJ. This is about 130 miles where you must go on the Atlantic. We had stopped at Atlantic City on the way up and were not too excited to stop so happy the weather cooperated and we made good time to Cape May. They have a great local restaurant called the Lobster House and we had the best fresh off the boat scallops ever. The next day brought us the 50+ miles up the Delaware to the C&D Canal where we anchored with a beautiful sunset. Unfortunately the next few days were fogged in and our travels were slow. Kent Narrows is across the bay from Annapolis and is a popular boating meca for both commercial fishing and the Annapolis/Baltimore recreational boating. Great sunsets and good food. October 18-21, 2020
Back through the somewhat familiar East River, Hells Gate, past Lady Liberty and arriving at Liberty Landing. Feels like home getting back here. Arrived early enough to get into the city with the Defiels to see the 911 Memorial Museum (this was closed a couple months ago when we were here), Times Square and walk around the city some. Good to get back to Jersey City at the end of a long day in New York. Spent Monday, Oct. 19th in Jersey City, getting some history on Ellis Island, the old train station by Liberty Landing and having a nice lunch downtown. October 16, 2020 - Greenwich, CT Winds calmed enough to head out for a 70 mile ride to Greenwich, CT, an affluent town with a nice downtown. Rain was persistent all day so we walked around in pretty solid rain, had a nice lunch of clam chowder, and looked around town. Shopping was pretty high end but it was fun to look. Got back to the boat with a chill so we ordered pizza and watched the new Clouds movie. October 17, 2020 - City Island, NYC
A beautiful day and short ride to City Island, NY. This island is part of the Bronx, is 1.5 miles long and .5 miles wide. It consists of nice neighborhoods and quite a few restaurants, all serving some form of seafood. We stayed at Minneford Marina, a family owned operation, where the people were incredibly friendly and helpful. This is clearly a destination for many New Yorkers to come and pick up good seafood and hangout. September 15-17, 2020 Pilots Point Marina in Westbrook, CT is our stopover to go home while having work done on props (yes, again) and other minor things. A vacation town with nice beaches and cute cottages. Anna & Ted left after we had chance to tour the harbor and have one more dockside dinner of lobster. October 14, 2020
We returned to Westbrook with our friends the Defiels, who were able to join us on our journey south to NYC. September 13-15, 2020. A calm 35 miles to Essex, which is 5 miles up the Connecticut River. A quaint community with so much charm and history, including the Griswold, the oldest consecutively operating hotel in the country. Our marina was on Essex Island so we had to take the ferry across about 100' channel each time to the main land. We were able to tour around the inside of the Griswold, although not fully open yet due to Covid. We visited nearby Old Saybrook, which is just at the mouth of the Connecticut River. More great lobster rolls at the marina outdoor cafe!
September 11-13, 2020. Mostly following seas to Msytic Seaport with Anna & Ted. We got one of the last slips in town at the Mystic Town Dock, thanks to Brian, the Dockmaster who was awesome. Brian also got us restaurant reservations and tips on pretty much everything local to do. The Mystic Seaport Museum, a historical maritime legend is a well done and interesting museum. Since most museums have been closed during Covid, we were elated to find this gem open. We reveled in the mystical Mystic Seaport including dinners at the Mariner and S&P consisting of lobster for the entire table. The day we headed out was a huge Trump boat parade of hundred of boats. The Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum Sept 9-10, 2020. A quick stopover again at Wickford, RI (through another pea soup fog day) and then back to Jamestown to meet our friends the Mungers for dinner at their house. Later in the evening we met up with Anna and Ted Sage (Joe's sister) from California.
Got Jacob and Emily off from Hyannis and we headed towards Woods Hole, a supposedly tricky passage to get through. Was uneventful but you could easily get confused and the current is strong. Ended up at anchor at Cutty Hunk, the outermost island of the Elizabeth Islands, MA, which separate Buzzards Bay from Martha's Vineyard Sound. There are exactly 2 businesses in town, (other than a few VRBO's) a raw bar and a lobster shack. We chose fresh lobsters! Loved this remote and quiet fishing village.
September 4-6th 2020 Labor Day Weekend Arrived to Nantucket Harbor on Friday night just a dusk. The harbor and town are stunning as you enter the harbor with an interesting combination of quaintness and mega yachts. Katie and Paco had a B&B a short walk uptown and we all met for some late night eats and ice cream. Saturday morning the weather was glorious to enjoy the island and go exploring. Early afternoon we took a dinghy ride (about 5 miles) out to the great Point Lighthouse Beach, minus Paco who needed to attend to some business. The bay was unusually calm and the weather unusually warm so had a wonderful bay tour. Floated, swam and hiked the beach and the lighthouse & ate some delicious lobster rolls we brought along. Later upon our return to the marina we took time to stroll the town, rest and meet for drinks & more lobster on the back deck. Obviously we all could not get enough of the local lobster. Sunday we rented mopeds and toured around the island, visited a local brewery (we just got it to go as it was way busy), then lunch at a food truck Raw 162. Harbor cruises on the dinghy & takeout lobster dinners, compliments of Emily and family, the ending a perfect day. Monday we said a slow good-bye to Nantucket and by later afternoon we arrived the 27 miles across the Sound back in Hyannis, MA. Katie and Paco left for home and we explored Hyannis a bit and had a lovely dinner at Tugboats at Hyannis Marina with Jacob and Emily.
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