Hampton Roads, VA

Saturday, October 23RD- 24TH-  Woke up and began getting ready to leave when we noticed the moon was setting.Shortly after 7am we untied and headed out into the Bay. The seas were relatively choppy, we were taking spray up to the bridge. NOAA was a little off on its prediction of wind speed. We were noticing winds over 10 knots and we were taking spray up to the bridge. The chatter on the radio were cruisers asking what the conditions were like further south. They were making decisions whether to just duck in or continue on for the day. After hearing reports of calmer seas further south, we continued on our track. Sure enough as we continued south, the winds seemed to calm down and it was a much more enjoyable trip.

As we were coming to Thimble Shoals which is at the mouth of the Bay and the inlet to Hampton Roads we noticed dozens of sailboats heading out for a sail. Soon we were pulling into Hampton City Docks and the captain docked with relative ease.
That evening as were showering we noticed that the shower didn't seem to be draining properly. Sure enough, the pump stopped working.The captain fiddled with the wires and thought he had things working when it stopped again. Sunday morning we went to the dock master to see what time the West Marine shuttle would be coming. She told us that wasn't happening until Monday. Well, a couple that were on the sailboat nearby said they were going to West Marine, would we willing to share a cab? We were thrilled and made plans to head to West Marine. The captain was able to find a switch for the pump.
That's how we met Judy and Stephen, isn't it great! They are planning on doing the Caribbean 1500 but only going to the Bahamas and they were provisioning their boat with necessities. Have a great sail and great to meet you both!