Good News and Salvage Crew left Yorktown at 8:30 this morning. Conditions were good, seas and winds were calm.
We headed to Deltaville across the Chesapeake Bay. Our first interesting sight was the Wolf Trap Lighthouse. The Wolf Trap light is located in 16 feet of water on the eastern end of the Wolf Trap Spit south of where the Rappahannock River enters the Chesapeake Bay. It got its name from the 1691 grounding of the HMS Wolfe, a British naval vessel that ran aground there and the crew was captured by local Watermen.
Deltaville is located about midway between Norfolk, VA and Solomons, MD which makes it a popular stop for boaters heading north or south on the Chesapeake. They used to be famous for commercial boat building and now better known as a yachting location. The statistics state that there are 800 year round residents and 3,000 registered boats. This small town even boasts that they have two West Marine stores within a mile.
Bob was there to catch our lines. We like this tradition. Sorry to report this photo was taken just a second before he almost fell in trying to hold our boat before I threw him the line. Thanks for almost “taking one for the team, Bob.”
We will be staying at Dozier’s Regatta Point for three nights. Dozier’s are the people/company who write the Waterway Guides that we all use like our bibles. It is a very “Looper Friendly” marina and they cater to the boater’s needs. An overview photo from their website.
They have a great Boater’s Lounge with big screen TV and satellite.
They also have a pool and deck with gazebo and a little beach for marina use.
One of the biggest perks…they have a courtesy car to go exploring.
We were not quite used to having a Mercedes for our courtesy car. We all loaded up and went exploring Deltaville.
Spaghetti dinner aboard Headquarters tonight. Guess Norfolk wasn’t our “last supper together” as we all keep saying :o)
Tags: Chesapeake, Deltaville, Great Loop, Wolf Trap
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