Bringing the boat home

Just pulled into Bluewater Yachting Center in Hampton Road, VA. Sitting behind a 360 DA.

Anyone know the codes for the shower? Office closed before we got them.

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The trip is still on my bucket list one of these days.

Pretty easy to make your way around on the inside? Follow the markers and a chart? Anything big to look out for?
 
What a great day....stop at Coinjock for lunch, didn't have to wait too long at Great Bridge, and to end up at Bluewater Yachting Center, one of my favorite marinas, a great end to a great day! Continued good weather and fair seas. Thanks for sharing the adventure.

Jaybeaux
 
douglee25 said:
The trip is still on my bucket list one of these days.

Pretty easy to make your way around on the inside? Follow the markers and a chart? Anything big to look out for?
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It’s not bad following the markers on the charts. Especially with an experienced captain next to you making sure you don’t do anything dumb. Some take always so far.
  • Stay in the middle of the channel. I’ve had this tendency to be on the right like driving a car - don’t.
  • Some areas are really really tight. Stay in the middle of the channel! Even a few feet out and you’re out of water. I had a couple close calls that happened fast.
  • In the canal like areas, watch out for logs. Lots of trees down that could turn into logs.
  • There are some areas where the ICW joins a shipping lane. The markers change, and you have to pay attention and know what’s happening.
  • Know the bridge heights and when they open so you can time things. You could easily get stuck or delayed if you don’t time right. Rusty has been great about figuring this stuff out.
  • Stay in the middle of the channel!
  • There’s an art to passing slower boats.
There’s probably more but it’s late and my brain is a little fuzzy.
 
Blueone said:
You guys :mad:... what’s a slow pass ?
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Slow pass is a method of passing slower boats like trawlers and sailboats on the ICW. It’s intended to pass with minimal wake and is considered polite. This is opposed to a “fast pass” which would throw a big wake.

The basic procedure is to come right up behind them at speed, then shade to one side. Then slow down. Before you get there, hail the other boat and say “Vessel name this is motor vessel Jennifer B on your port aft. I’ll give you a slow pass”. Hopefully they will acknowledge and say they will slow down.

Then you stay pretty close (20 feet?) to their side and pass with about 1/2 mph difference. If they’d slowed slow the pass goes faster with less wake. When you get by far enough you ease in front of them so they other boat is in your wake. Then throttle up. This puts the other boat inside your wake and they have a smooth ride. If you do it right you’ll get a wave from the captain, and maybe a thanks on the radio.
 
Ok, so how’s this for luck? We got to Bluewater Yacht Center after hours so the office was closed. Managed to get the shower lock codes from a fellow on the dock.

I went to plug in my shore power to find...ALL the pedestals are 50 amp and I only have 30 amp cables - no adapter. We thing about borrowing another boat’s connection for a night and decide it’s not right, resigning to running the genny overnight.

Then I post on the Back Cove Facebook group, and within 10 minutes have an offer to deliver an adapter. A fellow owner lives 5 minutes away and has one in his garage! How about that?

But wait, it gets better. Greg brings it over and says I can mail it back, or if I want it I can buy it. For $40 or send a gift card for a dinner. So now I own a $250 adapter for the low low price of $40. Some days it just works out!
 
b_arrington said:
Ok, so how’s this for luck? We got to Bluewater Yacht Center after hours so the office was closed. Managed to get the shower lock codes from a fellow on the dock.

I went to plug in my shore power to find...ALL the pedestals are 50 amp and I only have 30 amp cables - no adapter. We thing about borrowing another boat’s connection for a night and decide it’s not right, resigning to running the genny overnight.

Then I post on the Back Cove Facebook group, and within 10 minutes have an offer to deliver an adapter. A fellow owner lives 5 minutes away and has one in his garage! How about that?

But wait, it gets better. Greg brings it over and says I can mail it back, or if I want it I can buy it. For $40 or send a gift card for a dinner. So now I own a $250 adapter for the low low price of $40. Some days it just works out!
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Go buy a lottery ticket before your luck dries up
 
Holy hell the Delaware is rough.

And it’s been raining cats and dogs for hours.
 
Sitting at my desk in the office for the last two days tracking your progress on line. Was wondering how the weather was treating you today. I am sure you, your crew and your beautiful boat handled it fine. Looking forward to tomorrow. Tell Cap’n Rusty Casey says hello!

Thanks for sharing your voyage.
 
So this morning when you left Hampton, I thought that the C&D Canal was a bit "ambitious". Well you guys grabbed ambitious by the neck and threw it overboard! All the way to Cape May.....and that line of storms that came through, you had to be in the driving rain for hours! My hat is off to you boys. And they way y'all put miles under the keel, I'm betting you hit home port tomorrow. Continued safe travels.

Jaybeaux
 
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