This is the day we have waited for. After countless hours and twice the money I spent buying my first house we are leaving on the adventure of a life time. We sea-trialed the rebuilt engine a couple days ago and had the last three air-conditioning unit installed and now anything else we need to do is going to have to wait until we get to a warmer climate.
Up at 6:00 to get thing ready to shove off with the idea of making Norfolk tonight. Friends show up to send us off and wish us well and some libations are passed around. Cast off lines shortly after 8:00 and remember we need to empty the holding tank so a “quick” stop at the pump out station at the end of the next dock. The tank is full and takes forever to empty.
Someone points out how low the tide is this morning and a small knot turns in my stomach. The entry channel has an area that has silted in and at very low tide may be too shallow for us to cross. The tide has just started to rise…… I decide I’ll make a fuel stop before we head out to kill a little time. Just before 10:00 we wave our last good-byes and head out the channel holding our collective breaths to make it out.
Weather is great, seas are flat and we are making good speed 8.5 to 9.0 knots. I spend the first three hours staring at the engine temperature gauges. I am nervous and can’t relax. This is the first time we will really test all the work we’ve done to the boat and in the back of my mind I am waiting for something to go wrong……then I run over a fishnet. Oops
We quickly realize that making Norfolk is out of the question. The distance I assumed was half as much as the reality. It at least a 100 miles. Too far for a late start and a cruising speed of 8 knots….
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