Category: Virginia
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Bristol to Newport to Block to Long Island Back to the Chesapeake Bay
In an effort to finish recapping our summer 2023 cruising to New England and get back closer to “real time,” this blog post will feature the destinations on our return trip, many of which we stopped at on our way north. Bristol, RI to Newport, RI – 12.3 nautical miles Newport is a natural stop…
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Off We Go (Again)!
Whew! To say I’ve been an inconsistent blogger would be an understatement. I love sharing our adventures, including places we’ve explored, what we’ve eaten, and helpful tips along the way, but sometimes, the other job gets in the way. You know, the one that helps fund this cruising lifestyle. While cruising south Florida over the…
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An Icy Start, But We’re On Our Way
Day 2 – 10.3 nautical miles The first few days of our winter cruise south were off to a slow start. After leaving Portsmouth, we proceeded down the Elizabeth River, through the lock in Chesapeake, and we had hoped to make up some ground and arrive in Coinjock for the night, but the ICW was…
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We’re Headed South!
It’s hard to get an early start sometimes when you know you’re going to be cruising for awhile. There are so many last minute preparations that need to be done, like topping off water tanks, unplugging the shore power cables, packing away the water hose, stowing away items that can fall or break, and the…
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Onward to Onancock, VA
After staying one night on Tangier Island, we left early the next morning for Onancock, a small town on the Virginia Eastern Shore. Just over 16 nautical miles to the southeast, we made great time motoring there due to a lack of sufficient wind for sailing. Once at the end of Onancock Creek, we had…
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Stepping Back in Time on Tangier Island
We first talked about the possibility of visiting Tangier Island by sailboat several years ago, but I didn’t think we’d actually get around to it any time soon. So when we decided that we had run out of time to spend the summers in New England and would instead explore the Chesapeake Bay, we knew…
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Little Bay and its “Pirate’s Beach”
While we were a little sad to leave Urbanna behind, we knew that other new and exciting destinations were ahead of us. Just 23.1 nautical miles back out of the Rappahannock River and up and around the southeastern tip of Virginia’s Northern Neck lies Little Bay. A large anchorage with protection on three sides, marshes…
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Unwinding in Urbanna
Urbanna was our first town destination of the cruise, and boy, was it a good one! Historically fascinating for such a small town, Native Americans settled the area around 1,000 BC. Much later in 1680, it was established as a colonial port town. Like on other rivers in Virginia, early colonists built plantations that allowed…
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Gone to Godfrey Bay, VA
After two nights on the Ware River, we weighed anchor and headed toward Deltaville on the northeastern most portion of Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. After a glorious 32.9 nautical mile sail with light winds and a comfortable sea state, we arrived in Godfrey Bay, an anchorage we were already familiar with. Winds overnight were forecasted to…
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Anchored on the Ware River
As long as we’ve lived on the Chesapeake Bay, I can’t believe we had never sailed to Mobjack Bay! We’ve talked about it for years, so when we decided we were going to spend the rest of the summer on the Bay, it just made sense. When you enter Mobjack Bay, you can anchor in…
Sailing Mystic Hearts 