Trader's return trip up the waterway was a bit rushed. Our insurance company wanted us north of Montauk, Long Island by June 1, which gave us only a month to do the trip. (We didn't make it as you will see but had fun anyway).
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| ICW scenery |
After stops at Vero Beach, Daytona, St Augustine and Cumberland Island we proceeded through Ga. and the Carolinas moving nearly every day. We spent several days in Myrtle Beach, SC, and Oriental, NC waiting out bad weather. we traveled for over a week with Tony and Judy Goff from Newfoundland who were sailing on their C&C 30.
After a rough day on the Neuse River, we pushed to Elizabeth City the next day and then went north through the Dismal Swamp Canal again, staying in Hampton, Va rather than Norfolk. We then proceeded to work our way up the Chesapeake.
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| C&C 30 underway |
At Point Lookout Marina, near the mouth of the Potomac, we met up with our friends Eldon & Dianne. Leaving Trader at Point Lookout, we got on their Grand Banks 42 for a trip up the Patomic to Washington, DC where we spent Memorial Day weekend playing tourists. We stayed at the Gangplank Marina which is within walking distance of the Mall. There was also a motorcycle rally going on - approximately 30,000 cyclists parading in Washington.
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| "Cottage" at Jekel Island |
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| more ICW scenery |
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| Smithsonian Museum |
After leaving Eldon &Dianne at Point Lookout we proceeded quickly to Cape May, stopping at West River and Chesapeake City before leaving the boat at Utches to return home for a business meeting.
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| USCG Eagle -underway - Potomac River |
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