Life at the Deltaville Marina



Salon/dining table / office



Galley

We're renting a car today (Friday) to head home, pick up our car and our mail, and enjoy the comforts of living on the land for a couple days. Thought this might be a good time to give an idea what life on board is like. The photos include one of the boat at the dock, and several of the interior - the salon, the galley, the navigation station / fridge-freezer area, our 'library', the master stateroom, and the master head (bathroom). Not bad, eh? No pics of the 'guest hull' but it also has a queen-size stateroom, a double-size stateroom (currently our 'garage' area) and another head. Visitors welcome!

Library (in guest hull)



Master stateroom



Master head / shower

At the dock in Deltaville Marina

Goodbye, Starboard Engine!

We're still in Deltaville, VA. The offending starboard engine was removed this morning (note picture of big hole in our starboard hull) and will be crated and shipped to a Volvo repair center in Long Island. With luck, they'll be able to rebuild it and will get it back to us within three weeks or so. (A big caveat here, since boat repairs never seem to go quickly for us, with the exception of the steering repair in Solomons.) So, we're hanging out. It's cold and windy, but we're in a slip, with power (and heat) and getting other projects done between bike rides to keep ourselves moderately in shape! Hoping this cold snap will break just about the time the engine goes back in, and we can continue south, but we could just as easily end up heading home for the winter. Time will tell.....

Solomon's to Deltaville

We thoroughly enjoyed our 'forced' stay over the weekend in Solomon's. The weather was beautiful, so we rode bikes, ate more crabs, and visited the Calvert Marine Museum, which was great! The picture is a lighthouse that used to be on Drum Point, and which was moved to the museum in one piece. Early Monday morning, the guys from Zahniser's arrived, towed us to the dock, and got to work on the steering. We were back in business by early afternoon, but stayed at the dock (with power, and therefore, heat!) Monday night. We took off at first light Tuesday, and came down to Deltaville, VA, where we've been at a dock since. We're getting engine repair estimates from this yard as well as another yard further south, and will either stay put or travel tomorrow to our final destination for this leg.

If nothing else, having boat problems has caused us to enjoy exploring places, rather than arriving late afternoon and leaving first thing the next day. Today, we took Mindy for an extended walk through a nature preserve / sculpture garden (additional pix). Taking more time is definitely the way to go!