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April 11 - Molly D spent the last three nights in Hampton VA. We stay at the Hampton town dock because it has easy access for walking around. Back in November a waterline servicing the dock ruptured and it has yet to be repaired. A compelling reason for a dock stay is the availability of water, electricity, restrooms, showers and laundry facilities. No water is a deal breaker, but the dock master provided a hose from the office building to the docks. We were happy!

Molly D at the Hampton dock.

The largest entity in Hampton is Hampton University. The University has multiple buildings scattered throughout the town. The University has facilities across the River from the marina. There seems to be a university event happening here when we are in town. The events have been loud but come sunset the event ends. Adjacent to the town dock is the Bull Island Brewing Company. BIBC sells their on premises brewed beer, wine, pizza, sandwiches, and appetizers. The night we arrived we went for supper. David got a sausage pizza and I just HAD to get their tater tots smothered in cheese and bacon bits. I know. Sounds 🤮. The tater tots were actually quite tasty. However after eating about half of the order I had to put my fork down 🤢. Too much cheese!! Would I get them again? Definitely. But I’d insist on sharing them with the rest of the bar!!! We happened to be at BIBC on Saturday, which is when they have karaoke. Five of the brave souls that sang were really great! The rest of the brave souls were good. All in all it was a fun night.

Bull Island Brewing Company

Raven was one of the brave singers

On Monday afternoon we had lunch with a friend of ours. Steve owns the sister ship to Molly D. His wife, Glenda was unable to join us due to a family crisis. I missed chatting with Glenda but she needed to be with family. Steve was great company.

We became friends with Ed and Cindy who were docked on the opposite side of the dock from Molly D. Their sailboat, Wind Dancer left Hampton this morning bound for St Marten. It could take the boat up to 14 days to get there. Open ocean the whole way. Nope. Not on my bucket list! I wish them a safe journey!

Tomorrow Molly D will haul anchor and head to Solomons, MD one of our favorite stops. We will spend 2 nights on a mooring. Solomon’s is a great walkable town! Looking forward to a Limincello martini and an Italian dinner at La Vela. Molly D is getting closer to home!!!

Goodbye Hampton! This view is of the Bluewater Marina where our friends Steve and Glenda keep their IP.

Crabbing boat

Twelve ships waiting their turn to enter port at either Norfolk or Newport News

Anchored in Reedville

Anchored in Reedville

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Goodbye USA: extracting to the Bahamas

Totem has left the building USA, and all is right with our world. We stayed months longer than planned stateside. It honed my appreciation for how the sea has changed us. The happy family, photographed above on North Bimini’s beach, is glad to be back!

Final weeks in Florida were a little frantic, but Fort Lauderdale was a great place to stage for departure. It’s home to a commercial stretch literally named Marine Mile, and I’m pretty sure any boat-related product or service you could want is available there. We had great service from JT Halden’s watermaker shop, picked up quality media at Bluewater Books & Charts, ordered obscure Yanmar parts from Compete Yacht Services, and refueled during jaunts with an mouthwatering $4.95 Cuban sandwich (platanos extra). The Strataglass factory where I picked up our new dodger clears is there, as is McDonald Hardware (a family-owned hometown hardware store that has everything boaters need, and skips the “marine markup”) – I nearly lost Jamie in the narrow aisles!

We called Rogers Marine Services to give our Yanmar a checkup. John Rogers came recommended by friends who cruise their beautiful Florida-based Huckins powerboat, Cortado. John was GREAT and not just because he told us the engine was in good shape. Besides being an excellent diesel mechanic with a talent for clear explanations, he’s a USCG 1600 ton master / delivery skipper; he “gets” cruisers and our needs. FLL-bound boats: reach John at (954) 309-1004.

It was also a great time for me to work with Pam Wall on our upcoming Cruising Women seminar at the Annapolis boat show next month (just a few places left!). Pam is an icon in family cruising with tremendous experience, as well as an incredibly giving and helpful human who goes out of her way to make sure cruisers passing through her hometown of Fort Lauderdale find whatever they need. I’m grateful we met and felt that mutual “click” at the Annapolis show last fall.

Pretty sure the dolphin was showing off! Species, anyone?

Not all of the extraction process was as enjoyable. It became plain that we had to replace our battery bank, which is a little painful (eased by our friend John, and some muscle from Niall and Mike on Gromit). We were generally stretched thin: taking on more in everyday life, because we had the opportunity and because we could. But I wouldn’t trade a single one of the things we did, from presenting at a Miami sailing club to time with new friends and memorable meetups with people we’d been in touch with over the years. But I did miss, and crave, our simpler life as cruisers.

Four batteries off, four batteries on, nearly 200 lbs PER BATTERY. Yikes.

You can only feel sorry for the officer dedicated to “protect and serve” who must issue laundry reprimands.

The clear sign that it was time to go was when a marine police officer stopped by Totem and told us to take our laundry down from the lifelines. City ordinance, you know, can’t be hanging it out! It’s not enforced unless reported, but a resident in one of the multi-million dollar homes fronting the anchorage had called us in. There are a whole host of things wrong there, but the benefits of Lake Sylvia’s anchorage outweighed any pettiness around this event: it’s free, a great Publix is walking distance from dinghy landing for provisioning, and Marine Mile is just a Lyft ride away. We simply finished drying those clothes spread on deck instead of fluttering in the breeze and were happy that a weather window had opened for us to leave.

The big bad Gulf Stream

Raising anchor at first light and sent off with a cheer from Jim, calling out from overhead on the 17th street bridge, Totem pointed into the Atlantic…and early start to help ensure enough light for the necessary eyeball navigation on arrival in Bimini.

Just offshore: replicas of the Nina and the Pinta! They’re headed to Jupiter, FL this week.

It is literally just a day trip from the Florida coast to the Bahamas. The short distance is treated with respect because the Gulf Stream must be crossed, and it can run several knots. That sets up the possibility for some truly nasty conditions when wind opposes the flow of current. It’s also the first time many boaters bring their vessel into a foreign country. Just two reasons why people make a big deal out of it, considering it’s about 50 miles away!

Patience is a virtue when waiting out winter systems, but we had a mellow day with calm seas and transited from Fort Lauderdale to Bimini was a mere nine hours. As we departed, Pam’s sister—a photographer and graphic artist—turned her talent and lens toward the ocean inlet for a beautiful shot of Totem. Thank you Wendy!

We would like to have made it further east, but yet another northerly wind forecast loomed and we didn’t feel like tackling the shallows of the Bahamas bank in poor conditions. Waking to squally skies and rain, it felt like a good choice to have stayed put. The anchorage we tucked into at the far end of the channel into North Bimini utterly lacked aesthetic appeal, but the recently dredged harbor-in-construction had great depth and a very sticky mud bottom…two things that can be hard to come by in the Bahamas. Clearance was friendly and efficient; one of the easiest examples of international clearance I can remember.

What the wind DID do is give us a great chance to truly road test a new design for clothes pins (pegs, clips, whatever you call them). With breeze solidly in the 30 knot range, we put up a heavy fleece blanket to get aired out, snapped on the FixClips, … and, well, check it out!

The way that blanket whipped around (and it did, ALL DAY), the FixClips had a thorough test. These fit variable widths, so you can use them on thin lifelines or fat stainless pipe; they have a simple locking mechanism that clamps them on tight. We were sent a few to try out last year, and I know they’re great in normal conditions…now we know they truly rock for high winds too (OK, so the Swedish manufacturer has a good demo video too). Our normal clothes pins wouldn’t stand up to what we put the FixClips through; we’d have lost pins, or laundry, or both. The only downside: they are bulkier and cost more than standard pegs. But given the fact I’m pretty sure I’ll *never* lose one and the UV-resistant material should give them a long life, it’s a good pick for cruisers.

When the wind did finally settle down we got to explore. Friends who are old hands in the Bahamas cautioned us not to develop strong impressions of the islands based on accessible, touristed Bimini; maybe expectations factored in, but we found it sweet. Supermarket smaller than our old garage. Pillowy-sweet Bimini coconut bread, hot from the oven, “like a coconut croissant” said Mairen. More golf carts than cars, and mostly with 3-digit license plates. Smiles or waves from passers-by, just because.

The days of wind had kicked up sediment enough that the water clarity was poor, but that didn’t stop a few hours of fun splashing around.

Testing out the new snorkeling masks. 42 Wallaby Way, anyone?

Pelicans look suspended in the clear blue of Bahamian water

It felt good, SO GOOD, to just hang out as a family again. Walking on the beach, finding stray dogs to play with, looking for sea glass, reconnecting.

The epic-sized hot tub at the nearby resort–  a monstrosity we forgive for also making wifi available to the anchorage– was just fine, thank you!

Burial grounds for conch bones, in mountains behind various shacks and wharves in town.

Invigorated by the prospect of so much to explore, so much to learn, so much to experience.

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