Our boat’s name is Galene, named after the Greek goddess of calm seas. Today, after three days of rough seas, she finally lived up to her name.
We cruised at around 25 knots which is our best efficiency, burning 1 gallon of fuel per hour. For a boat this size, that’s pretty good. The calm seas made for a relaxing ride for the crew and the captain.
Tonight we are overnighting at Rudee’s Inlet at Virginia Beach. There are very few inlets in North Carolina, so we needed to stop here tonight to top off our fuel for a very long passage tomorrow to Morehead City.
Virginia Beach is a huge military site and on the way here, a military vessel was on the radio warning boats in the area to stay away from it. F18s fly over our boat in the marina about every 30 minutes. Greg sat on the bow trying to get a video, but they stopped flying. As soon as he gave up, they started back up. By then it was time for Sundowners in the cockpit, so we didn’t get a video of the fighter jets, but we did enjoy some good wine and chats with slip-neighbors.
Hooray! Finally some action shots! Hope you have smooth “sailing” today.