The original Chief Engineer Russell and First Deck Babe Susan (Prescott) joined Act III this evening for a week of exploring Chesapeake Bay. It took some clever planning, with them coming from NH and us not knowing exactly where we'd be, but we successfully met at Hampton Public Pier ($1/ft special deal) and were happy to find one of the last slips in the area during a marvelously sunny and mild Memorial Day weekend.
The next best news is that the depth sounder is working again! There are many places to hide a little amplifier on a boat this size, but we finally found it and Bill repaired the loose wire. Phew!
Pleasant, uneventful motor through the last of the ICW, until we reached the final bridge this morning and hailed on the radio for the next lift, please. The bridge operator came back with a terse, "I'm having problems with the bridge," and no further info. Another sailboat said he had a similar situation a few years ago and was stuck for 3 days. Ouch. We hung around so Heidi could practice her figure 8 turns a bit, and the bridge was open about 45 minutes later. That could have been a show stopper.
TTFN, Friends. The next post will have soft shell crab ratings.
HJB
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