It was an uneventful passage from Great Bridge home to Chisman Creek and Dare Marina. We didnt even take any photos in the Great Bridge Lock this time. Getting too old hat. We did stop and top off the diesel tank at Top Rack Marina in Great Bridge which has the best prices in the Norfolk area.
We motored up the Elizabeth river to Norfolk and then were able to motor sail up along the Naval Base. After passing through the Hampton Roads tunnel narrows we were able to actually sail with the motor off up the Bay but not quite on course for home. Eventually we had to start the motor and ultimately pull in the sails as we made the turn to the southwest and down the Poquoson River and into the wind.
We anchored in Chisman Creek for a couple hours waiting for some showers to clear and the wind to die down at sunset, the pulled back into our home slip. It was time for a well deserved brewski.
30 days after leaving Daytona Beach, we were back at home base. The boat had done fine with no problems enroute. But we do have a long list of normal maintenance items as it has been going on 3 years since we left the boatyard in summer 2018. Time for a good bottom cleaning and painting and more teak work.
