The happy creew in Georgetown SC
After two false starts, a host of mechanical issues, the trip north from Florida back to the Chesapeake Bay began on Memorial Day. The weather generally cooperated and the good ship and crew covered 831 miles of ICW from Daytona, where the final repairs to the boat were accomplished, to Norfolk.
The last two days were just about 200 miles each, long days, ten hours, and more than I would like to do regularly. There is a certain fatigue that sets in on a long day. Maybe is is just late afternoon and maybe is is the extra few hours over normal, not sure. But my crew would just as soon avoid it in the future.
The boat stayed in Norfolk for a couple weeks while we drive home to Annapolis. The yacht club's first of two long summer cruises would be back in Norfolk so we saw no beg need to get back to Annapolis only to be down the bay again so soon.