Out with the tide this morning and we ran across the Potomac with a light beam sea. It was easy enough but when we came around Smith Pt. we had 3 foot chop. We have no idea how this formed since the wind was out of the west and we felt it coming at us from the South. To ease the ride we bumped it up to around 11.5 knots and things smoothed out substantially.
Approaching Windmill Pt. things laid down and we had a smooth ride in to Norview Marina.
We'll sit out the ensuing foul weather here and start up again on Friday morning. Hopefully this is the last large water we'll see for a bit since we are headed for the Dismal Swamp Canal once we clear Norfolk Va..
By the way, it seems that the same group of 4 pelicans is still along for the ride with us.
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The link under the heading "Ship's Log Data" will take you to an unreadable file unless you happen to understand GPS data.
If you have Google Earth installed and are browsing with Internet Explorer merely left click on one of the "Ships log GPS data" links and it will present a zip file to open in a dialog box. So click open on the file and it will then present another dialog box with a KML file. Double click on the file to open the tracks in Google Earth.
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- Deltaville and a special picture
- Small Craft Advisories = no movement
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- Point Lookout Md.
- Starting up again
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- IBM Security Server Team Shopping Spree THANK YOU!!
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1 comment:
Laurie and I just returned from Denver. Glad to see you are still blogging. It is interesting to follow along.
It sounds like you've had a few fun spots with the seas, but nothing to keep you holed up for long periods. Keep plowing ahead, and get to the warmer weather soon!
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