Month: February 2023

Trip with Tripp #9 THE REWIND: Back to Elizabeth City, the Dismal Swamp Canal, Getting to Cape Charles (2/21 – 2/23)

See where we're at! Sunset from the Morehead City dock on 2/20. So we hit the seas from Morehead City around 0900, after the guys docked next to us almost gassed us out with their diesel engine at 0700. Carbon monoxide is a hell of a drug. Tripp, though initially a little squirrelly about having … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #9 THE REWIND: Back to Elizabeth City, the Dismal Swamp Canal, Getting to Cape Charles (2/21 – 2/23) →

Trip with Tripp #8 ENGINE ISSUE EDITION: The Albemarle Sound, Alligator River, and Morehead City (2/15 – 2/21)

See where we're at! Yes, uh, o-of course we always look this professional. We had engine issues before we got to Beaufort on the Neuse River: the exhaust riser cracked and we got delayed at Seagate Marina in North Carolina for two nights before finding a welder in Morehead City. Tripp talked to the boss … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #8 ENGINE ISSUE EDITION: The Albemarle Sound, Alligator River, and Morehead City (2/15 – 2/21) →

Trip with Tripp #7: Anchored on the Pasquotank and Elizabeth City (2/11 – 2/14)

(This update will be photo-light for now, wifi at our pitstop is lax.) See where we're at! Spending the 11th at anchor off Goat Island on the Pasquotank was a good bit of rest that also forced us to use more of our provisions. Tripp's project was peanut butter cookies and mine was chili. Observing … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #7: Anchored on the Pasquotank and Elizabeth City (2/11 – 2/14) →

Trip with Tripp #6: The Great Dismal Swamp (2/10 – 2/11)

See where we're at! On the morning of February 10th, we headed out of Norfolk and started on the Intracoastal Waterway. Stopped at Ocean Yacht Marina on the way out to get diesel. When it turned out there was no way we'd make the 11:00 AM opening at the canal's northern lock, we stuck around … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #6: The Great Dismal Swamp (2/10 – 2/11) →

Trip with Tripp #5: Norfolk, VA (2/7 – 2/10)

See where we're at! The Waterside Marina, home for a few days in Norfolk. So! It's 9:15 am on February 7th. Tripp has woken me up, still amused about the ejection of our French Press into the briny deep, to see cormorants, seagulls, pelicans and other sea birds swirling in the sky and populating the … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #5: Norfolk, VA (2/7 – 2/10) →

Trip with Tripp #4: Cape May, NJ to Norfolk, VA (2/6 – 2/7)

See where we're at! An excerpt from my written journal: February 6th, 4:00 PM ... and then the clouds over a shoreline silhouetted with trees against a golden horizon, struck through with lances of sunbeams, show that nature is indeed still capable of reaching me with its beauty. There was a new observation for me … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #4: Cape May, NJ to Norfolk, VA (2/6 – 2/7) →

Trip with Tripp #3: Cape May, NJ (2/4 – 2/6)

See where we're at: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:6165338/mmsi:368134980/imo:0/vessel:CALLIPYGIA So! The lackadaisical updater gives himself a lot of ground (or water) to cover. The tail end of our stay in Cape May, NJ can be described in two words: Jim Buie. Tripp, being a logistically shrewd captain and keenly aware of the concept of a proper division of labor, … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #3: Cape May, NJ (2/4 – 2/6) →

Trip with Tripp #1: Portsmouth, RI to Cape May, NJ (1/30 – 2/4)

Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, after leaving Point Judith and before the NYC shipping lanes. See where we're at: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:6165338/mmsi:368134980/imo:0/vessel:CALLIPYGIA Well, the Callipygia has delivered us to balmy Cape May. A New Jersey coastal town has a lot of its seasonal businesses shut down in February, for some strange reason. But Charlie at Utsch's Marina … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #1: Portsmouth, RI to Cape May, NJ (1/30 – 2/4) →