YEOCOMICO RIVER, VIRGINIA

The gang started splitting up today - some of the PDQs took off early for a long day’s run to Solomons Island while a couple of us headed up toward the Potomac. Our original plan for today was to get as far as Deltaville, maybe a bit more, but the conditions were really quite nice. We left

Traffic in Norfolk Harbor

Portsmouth about 7 AM with moderate wind, partly cloudy skies and a bit of a haze. It took about an hour to get through the Norfolk harbor and out into the Chesapeake Bay, but by that time the haze was dissipating. Initially, there was still some northeast wind and waves, but that turned around to a southeast wind which gave both the wind and waves to our back. The only thing holding us back was the ebbing tide which was against us pretty much all day. Nevertheless, it was a very nice day with, at the most, one foot waves and much of the time with only a ripple.

We were near Deltaville before 11 AM so decided to keep on going north and make the turn to the west up the Potomac River. We pulled into the Yeocomico River a little after 2 PM and tied up at a marina by about 2:30. That made for a 100+ statute mile (about 86 nautical mile) day.

Yeocomico River

Longer than we had anticipated, but it was nice to get so much distance under the keel with these nice conditions.

The tropical storm Ana seems to be weakening and no longer posing much of a threat to us. There’s a good chance we’ll get some rain tomorrow and a pretty healthy wind, but if we can get an early start and get a ways up the Potomac before the wind comes up too strong, we may have a little protection as the river narrows. It would be nice to make it up to Mattawoman Creek, across from Mt. Vernon. If we do, we might be able to visit Mt. Vernon the next day and make it up to Washington DC by late in the day on Tuesday. 

Weather depending, of course…