July 21, 2013

Irvington, Virginia

Kentris went back in the water ("went over" in local terms, or "splashed") uneventfully on Friday morning bright and early. What a relief it was to be out of the boat yard. After taking on fuel, we sailed to Fishing Bay, near Deltaville, VA where we met up with our friends from the Rat Club on their boat Polaris.

Polaris on the hook

The heat was still oppressive but at least there was a good breeze to keep things manageable. That breeze became an annoying chop though later that night when we were trying to sleep and the boat was bobbing up and down relentlessly. I guess good things always come at a price, right?

Saturday morning we left that anchorage with only a reefed main sail. The wind was 15-20 with gusts a little higher, but we were thinking it would be higher in the Bay itself. That didn't develop and we had a fairly comfortable sail north to the Rappahanock River. There we encountered a heavy current against us and wind 18-22k almost directly on the nose. After making very little headway for several hours, we finally got out of the current, shook out the reef and pulled out the genoa to race a monohull for the last several miles, making over 7 knots. Nothing like a little competition to liven things up.

Near Irvington, VA

We are now anchored in Carter Creek at the town of Irvington, VA. It's cloudy (!) and we are hoping for it to stay that way so it won't be so hot. We are planning a trip into town this afternoon to locate internet (and air conditioning so I won't drown the computer while typing) and take a trolley ride to some surrounding towns. We didn't bring our wifi antenna with us this trip so we are limited in getting on line. Haven't been able to connect to any unsecured sites from the boat like we have in the past.

Quote of the day from the local coffee shop:

"You can't have everything.  

Where would you put it all?"