We spent Wednesday afternoon to Saturday morning in Maryland. Since
Virginia Dare is on the hard for a few repairs, staying aboard was like sleeping in a top notch tree house :)
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| Our "tree house" for three nights |
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| The stilts! |
We spent most of Thursday at the Annapolis Boat Show -- excellent advice from Bob and Christine to spend a couple extra bucks on VIP day where admittance is limited. You get a lot more time with vendors than the following days. David had a list of vendors and their locations when we arrived. It made our "recon" very efficient.
We bought an
Australian grill and are quite eager to install it and give it a whirl. Considering that David grills our dinner several times a week (on land), we can't wait to try this! It even bakes cakes :)
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| Marine Barbeques Australia -- our new grill :) |
We also bought
Gill foul weather gear and a
SPOT Gen3 which will broadcast our exact latitude and longitude on a daily basis (I will link it to the blog when we're back on board). We also got a ton of information about AIS systems and radar upgrades, but that's far too technical for me to explain.
Back at the boatyard, we found out that the propeller was fine (yay!), but the rudder bearings were not. So Eric at Chesapeake Marine Engineering is making sure everything gets fixed properly. All the new parts came in this past week; she's expected to be back in the water this week.
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| Rudder bearings |
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| Rusty rudder bearings, detail |
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| Rudder shaft housing |
We managed to have dinner all three nights at
Skipper's Pier -- two of the three nights we sat outside. Friday night brought rain and indoor dining.
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| Sunset from Skipper's Pier |
Virginia Dare at night -- and the full moon rising on Wednesday evening.
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| Nighttime in the boatyard |
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| Full moon rising |
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