Our trip this morning was fairly short to Hampton Virginia (about 10 miles) as we moved closer to the Chesapeake entrance. The plan is to sail most of tomorrow to the Rappahanack.
Saw several large boats including this three masted schooner.
Our lunch today was at the local marina and we probably will not be returning there any time soon. Mostly a lazy day getting ready for our final sailing day with Rita. So sad!
Our Lockmaster Tammy was super nice as we navigated through the South Mill lock for the first time. She is also the bridge tender, painter, gardener, mechanic – basically takes care of everything!
Tammy also opened the South Mill bridge for us and notified the Lockmaster on the North end that we would be coming through.
We saw exactly one other boat the entire time in the Great Dismal Swamp canal.
The Lockmaster on the northern end was super nice too. Welcomed us to his lock and let us know it was shallow once we went through. He was right! We hit about 2.5 feet and dragged some mud with us for a bit.
We then married up with our normal ICW route and came through the railroad bridge and the sliding bridge
We anchored in Norfolk for the evening and enjoyed watching some small sailboats nearby.
