Log #46 - Cruise on the Pamunkey River - June 15-19, 2006

June 15th thru 19th 2006

At Queen's creek we spotted a red fox while at anchor. There was also an entertaining heron that just keep walking the shore line.

On the way back we say a US Navy submarine - this was the first time I saw one underway.
I've wanted to see that for a long time. I didn't get any pictures but did get some good video.

This is the first trip with the new Honda motor. The motor seem a good half knot slower than the old Nissan. I need to check into getting a speed prop!
We didn't have the new battery charging kit hooked up to see if the battery was charging well. But, we did test the charging kit back at the dock.

Also, as an aside, on the previous trip where I solo sailed to the Back River I saw another sea turtle. This was my best view of one yet.
I saw him for a good thirty seconds and he had his head way up out of the water looking around. That was fun - I turned to get my camera and he was gone.

Upper part of the York River

Bluffs are pretty good size just look closely at the trees to get an idea how tall the bluffs really are

Dad enjoying the leisurely pace of our cruise.

Shot looking forward showing the new GPS

The new GPS

On the Pamunkey - town of West Point on the west side of the swing bridge.

Old swing bridge with new bridge under construction.
They are building two large bridges to replace the Pamunkey and Mattaponi river swing bridges. The next time we visit West Point the swing bridges should be gone.

Look back at the swing bridge after passing thru. We are now on the Pamunkey River.

The "Plant" at West Point. The cruising guide says they make cardboard boxes here. Maybe so but they also do something with stone.

After passing thru the bridge we put the bimini up - ahhh...

Typical scenery on the Pamunkey.

The bluffs on the Pamunkey - again these were pretty good size!

Spam for breakfast
Notice the DVD cases in the overhead. The first night we watched Big Mamma and enjoyed it very much. The third night we watched National Lampoon's "Dorm Daze" we were ATTACKED by some kind of bugs that were attracted to the screen and our masthead lights! Luckily they weren't biters but they virtually swarmed the boat - we had to head into the cabin and deploy our mosquito protection system. Luckily it worked and we weren't bothered by the bugs inside the boat.

Sunset

We covered 191 miles on this trip.

This was a nice easy trip. There was a little too much motoring but there always is on trips like this.
We did get to sail almost a full day on the way back from West Point to Queens Creek - that was very nice.