Yorktown, Hayes

Started raining at breakfast and the docks are flooded again. So we do not want to leave until the dock is out of the water. We are visiting our ex-Vermont friends, Ken & Donna, who moved to Hayes, VA a couple years ago and brought their sailboat. We visited them last fall going south.

Denise & Martin

By nine it stops raining and the dock is now exposed. I say our good byes to Martin and Denise. I had read some of their Blog which is in German via Google translate on Chrome. I mention to Martin the translation for their cockpit enclosure is “Cake stall” which I thought was a funny miss-translation. Martin tells me that is literally a correct translation from the German. They help us off the dock. They are staying one more day to visit the Naval Museum in Norfolk. I admonish the boat in front of us that a boat named Manana is the first boat to leave, usually we are the last. We have the full cockpit enclosure up and we stay dry through a number of showers. 

 

Squall

As we approach the York River the winds die and the water becomes quite calm. But ahead we see some pretty ugly clouds and the weather radar shows some heavy rains coming. As we get close to Sarah’s Creek we have a full blown squall, blowing 25-30 knots and visibility is near zero. I slow down which is good because not watching the compass I am starting to get way off course. By the time we head up Sarah’s Creek it starts to clear. As we approach their T-dock Donna comes down to greet us. We head up to their house for Happy Hour and we bring a load of laundry. We all head out to dinner, but our first choice again is closed. It must be us.