Location: Somewhere above Virginia
Position: Sitting up, nodding off
We left St Mary's on Friday morning bound for the Yeocomico River. We had another lovely, relaxing sail across the Potomac River which is about 5 miles wide at this stretch. We were having so much fun we tacked back and forth across the river a couple of times criss crossing with our friends on their boat.
This was followed by the usual cruising routine: we found a nice anchorage and dinghied over for a little walk around the town of Kinsale. Like many other small towns on the bay it used to be a thriving hub linked to civilisation by ferries. When the ferry stops running the town sort of
fades away.
Unfortunatley the only restaurant in town was closed due to plumbing problems so our new dinghy got a workout and nicely transported all four of us up the river to another eatery and back. We spent an uneventful night on the hook, and in dead calm, motored back to the Coan on Saturday.
Sunday was spent packing, organizing, taking care of business, etc.
Now we're on our way to St. Maarten for our 'big adventure'. We got up at 2:00 this morning and our friends (proof positive of the friendship) dragged themselves out of bed to drive us to the airport in Richmond for our 6:00 am flight. Entirely too freaking early for civilized cruisers, we all agreed.
We left Rachel safely tucked in at the dock on the Coan River where our friends will keep an eye on her until they return to England later this month. We have spent a companionable month together and look forward to seeing them again in the fall.
We'll try and get out a few Khronicles while we're gone via the blog or email - we're not sure which will work best for us en route. Hopefully they will be more entertaining - it's just too darned early today to be witty. Yawn.
Mark & Julie
s/v Rachel
