Making progress!

Well, for those of you who follow us on Facebook, you might have seen this unexpected post this morning:

Imagine our surprise at 8:15 this morning when we get a knock on the hull......the guys were here to move us! Really? Yesterday, we were told they'd move us tomorrow [Friday]. Oh well, we were eager to get the ball rolling, so we slugged down the last of our coffee, ditched our pajamas, and sprung into action. (Mind you, we have 15-25 knots of wind -- more than yesterday when it was deemed "too windy" to move us........go figure.) Remember, ADAPTATION is the name of this game.

More on the blog later today...

So, this whole exercise took less than 45 minutes this morning:

This little boat came to our slip, attached lines starboard midship and port stern. Pulled us out of the slip and pushed us to the haul-out basin at the other end of the marina.

It was a gorgeous, but CHILLY, morning (looking through the breakwall toward the Chesapeake).

These guys were great.  They've got this drill down pat.  No muss, no fuss.  Bing, bang, boom, we were secured in no time flat.

Crust of ice forming in Tracy's Creek.

This action is harder than you think!

THANKS for the ride!

All secure in our temporary location.

After we were tied up in the haul-out basin, I checked our anemometer: 17 knots of wind and 22 degrees F makes for a wind chill of about 7.  And that's just *balmy* compared to what's headed our way on Saturday.

There we sit (below dock level).  The crane is ready to pluck out the old engine and insert the new tomorrow.

Herrington Harbour North even posted pictures of Virginia Dare today.  I think you can view them here.

So, I'm sure there will be an update tomorrow.  We can't believe -- after sitting here for weeks -- that the new engine will be on board TOMORROW!