Well we made it to the finish line. Not without some excitement at the end. We left Norfolk at 8 am with a good forecast and sunny skies and light wind. Our destination was Doziers Regatta Point marina in Deltaville VA about 50 miles north. We had a uneventful first 6 hrs but around 1pm we noticed it was getting dark up north and after checking the Internet weather it showed a strong thunderstorm right over Deltaville. We contacted the marina and they confirmed a storm so we decided to turn around and motor south back toward the clear weather until the storm moved on. About 30 min after we turned around we looked back and saw a wall of water heading our way from the north. We put on our lifejackets and tethered in. We soon got hit with 45 knot winds and 5 ft waves! We rode this down south for a while and called the marina again and they said they had blue sky and they told us that another storm had developed and it was down where we were headed. So we turned back north and banged into those 5 ft waves to make it back toward the marina and avoid the new storm. No such luck, we eventually got hit with driving rain and lighting striking all around us! This went on for about 45 minutes, eventually we broke out of it and got up to Deltaville and were able to dock the boat with no issues, just before another storm came over the marina.
The marina is great, staff is wonderful as you would expect from a marina owned by the people who own Doziers waterway guide and skipper bobs ICW handbook!
We have been to town several times by bike and using the free loaner cars that the marina makes available. Pretty small place but they have a huge West Marine. One small grocery and a couple of eateries and a huge west marine......Also many many marinas.
Will be flying back to Texas July 5th.
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