Dawn Watch on America's Great Loop Adventure

  Hi friends and family, The adventure continues. From the free town dock in Portsmouth VA we did a short trip to an anchorage near Hampton VA. It was actually near the Ft. Monroe National Monument, which we walked around one evening. My goal was to be in clear water so that I could dive under the boat and inspect the propellers and rudders. We had hit several submerged logs, "deadheads", in the Dismal Swamp Canal and I was worried. But, thankfully there was no discernable damage so the trip continued. However right after I got out of the water a wicked storm swept through. There were about 5 boats in the good sized anchorage. When the winds hit, maximum about 38 mph, disaster almost struck. Our anchor held perfectly. But the boat upwind was dragging. Dawn said "do you see this?" I tried hailing the boat on the VHF radio and also started blasting my horn. The boat got within 50 to 75 feet right in front of us before the captain got control and moved away. That was c...

 Soon after we were anchored and I grilled up some chicken a wild lightening storm with high winds and rain hit us. Storm Don't forget trip photos and Nebo Maps Photos Nebo

 We continue to push north. We want to meet up with some family in New York City. Since we will be back through the east coast two more times we will have plenty of opportunities to see things. The other day we did a 13.5 hour run of over 100 miles putting over 1000 miles under the keel since we left. Summary of trips below this. The last couple Relive video's: Epic To Belhaven NC A Note on the Neo trip summaries and Marine Traffic AIS: Sometimes both tools loose connectivity and you will see gaps or that the boat is missing. Nebo will show a straight line if it gets lost. Marine Traffic AIS relies on shore based receivers to collect our broadcasting AIS signal. It will frequently show a last position several hours ago. Here's the trip summary of the first 1000 miles:

Charlestown SC to anchorage Church Cr   To Georgetown SC Georgetown To North Myrtle Beach SC N Myrtle Beach To anchorage Bird Island Anchorage To Carolina Beach Carolina Beach NC

 Hello everyone, We are about 750 miles into our Loop trip. It has been awesome. The way the loop commonly works is by season. Our "late" start from Florida puts us way behind the majority of the Loop pack. Many are up in New York by now and we are still in South Carolina. While every part of the Loop has its beauty and interest Canada and the Great Lakes in the summer are definite high points. We are rushing north a bit, but mainly for the goal of getting away from heat and hurricanes common to the Southeast. Now in South Carolina and the temps are in the 80's. Much better than back in Florida. Since we don't want to rush our Canada experience this year we are going to go north as far as possibly Maine, then before it gets too cold come back down the east coast as far south as we want. There is a plan to go back home to Texas for the Christmas holiday period and spend a month there. Then, in late January possibly go to the Bahamas before going back north completing a...

 At the Charleston MEGA DOCK

 Check out this part of our trip on Relive Darien GA to Thunderbolt GA (near Savannah) Relive Thunderbolt to near Hilton Head To Hilton Head Beaufort to Church Cr To Church Cr Church Cr to Charleston Mega Dock To Charleston

 Photos of our trip here: 2022 Loop

 Dawn at the helm.