11/14/2011 STAYING PUT AT DOZIER REGATTA POINT MARINA IN DELTAVILLE, VA

MONDAY

TOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NM

DOCKED AT: DOZIER REGATTA POINT MARINA IN DELTAVILLE, VA ($1.75 /FT W/P)

SUNRISE: 6:44 AM SUNSET: 4: 55PM

HIGH: 74 LOW: 59

SETTING PRETTY

What a lovely day! Even though we knew it was super windy out in the Chesapeake Bay, it was excellent tucked back here just off the Rappahannock River. After making a few minor repairs and adjustments to our trailered tender, Dan took us all out to explore the many marinas located back here in the Deltaville area. We were finally able to discard the many extra layers of clothing that we had been piling on for warmth for the last few days.

We found these little floating cabins to be charming but deserted now that the boating season is really over in the Chesapeake Bay area. I am sure they are “jumping” during the summer months.




CUTE LITTLE "FLOATING CABINS"

This heron was undaunted by our presence as we crept ever closer to his perch. Although he kept an eye on us he seemed to know that we were harmless.

THE REGAL HERON

Stingray Point is located right at the tip of Deltaville and, so the story goes, got its name from an incident that occurred during the early 17th century. It appears that Captain John Smith, founder of Jamestown, was zapped here by a stingray. Fearing death, he directed his men on the disposal of his body. Luckily for him a local Native American happened by and administered the cure.

11/13/2011 REEDVILLE TO DELTAVILLE, VA

SUNDAY

TOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 22 MEASLY NM

DOCKED AT: DOZIER REGATTA POINT MARINA IN DELTAVILLE, VIRGINIA ($1.75 /FT W/P WITH BOAT US DISC)

SUNRISE: 6:43 AM      SUNSET: 4:58 PM

HIGH: 64                      LOW: 54

It was a glorious morning with warmer temperatures and a total lack of frost. Thank you very much! Wanting to cover quite a distance today we were once again off well before 8:00 AM. However, by 9:00 Dan was bemoaning the choppy bay waters and looking ahead for a place to take refuge. Since the previously damaged “V-berth” window was once again leaking profusely, I was all for the abbreviated day. Dozier Marina in Deltaville offered just what we were looking for and by noon we had docked, registered, washed the salty residue from Quest, gotten the soggy towels into the laundry, taken the front rug out to dry and posted yesterday’s blog. Whew!!

Deltaville, once the wooden boat building capital of the Chesapeake Bay, is a principal pleasure boat center on the South Bay. This sleepy village springs to life during the busy summer boating months. The Dozier Regatta Marina is owned by the same family that purchased the Waterway Guide in 2002. The Dozier Waterway Guides are near Bibles to most of us cruisers and we wouldn’t be caught without the appropriate book for each leg of our journey. It was, in fact, the Waterway Guide for the Chesapeake Bay that gave us the information needed to locate the marina and make contact with them. Thankfully this is a nice, shielded marina as we may stay a couple of days until we get a weather window to finish our journey in the unprotected Chesapeake Bay.

DOZIER REGATTA POINT MARINA

QUEST QUITE COMFORTABLY SNUGGLED UP TO THE DOCK
WITH THE OFFICE AND BOATERS' LOUNGE IN THE BACK

Dan was super happy to kickback and enjoy the NASCAR race in Phoenix, AZ.  I think he even stayed awake (for the most part at least).