We are now officially on the Chesapeake Bay

Tuesday June 28

It’s hard to know where to go in the Chesapeake. It’s not like following the Intercoastal waterway where  you have a magenta line or a certain channel to go through.

As we were leaving Norfolk a security call came out on the vhf radio saying that a air craft carrier and a propane liquid tanker were passing through the area that we were cruising through.  They said that they would use deadly force if any boat came within 1500 feet of these boats.

A coast guard gun boat with a gentleman manning a gun out front came along side of us to advise us that they were an escort boat and that we needed to stay on the right side of the channel and hug the red buoys as these boats passed us.  It was raining pretty hard and I felt sorry for the coast guard boat.  It was exciting and a little scary knowing that we were being watched and so close to boats with guns and knowing that they would use them.

We had a beam sea for about 22 miles as we crossed the Chesapeake into the York River. We got to our marina called Wormley Creek Marina in Yorktown Va. at around 4:30 PM. This marina was inexpensive. One dollar per foot per night and if you pay for five nights they gave you two nights free.  Electricity was nine dollars a night for the five nights that you paid for and free for the other two nights. We decided this would be a good place for us to spend the July 4th weekend, where our independence really all started.  We decided to stay the seven nights to get things done on the boat and to try to see Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown, the triangle as they call it.