Day of Rest

Cobb's Marina, Norfolk VA, N 36 55.40, W 76 11.10

(6/17/05) Last night, after our nap, we walked a mile to a Chinese buffet restaurant and had a leisurely dinner. Today we didn't do much more than hang around. It's deathly hot here (as on the whole east coast we understand). Up in the boatyard, there's lots of people working on their boats, sanding, scraping, painting, sandblasting. It's beyond me how anyone can work out in the sun in such hot weather.

Late in the afternoon the weather changed and it got cooler. We did laundry, and shopped for food and I posted my blog backlog. We needed surprisingly little food after two weeks. I guess our appetites are less at sea.

This is a nice marina. It has lots of facilities but it is not so formal as Charleston City Marina. It is in a dead end channel, and there are another 6 marinas in here with it. In the evening we sat in the cockpit and watched the many varied boats go by. It's like the people watching we all do in the concourse of the airport while waiting for our plane.

Met a couple with a huge 50' Le Choy ketch. They're cruising also, down from Boston and heading for the Bahamas. I hoped to get an invite onboard their yacht to see what it looked like, but no cigar. They were nice though and offered to let us use their car to run errands.