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July 23 – Tidewater Marina, Portsmouth VA

We left the marina at 6:45 am this morning. I copied the photo above from the Waterway Guidebook. It shows the Tidewater Marina near the top centre of the photo.

Our trip today will be about 61 nautical miles.

On our way to the Chesapeake Bay we passed a lot more naval ships, including several aircraft carriers.

It’s just coming up to 11:30 am & we have now travelled about 1/3 the distance to our next destination. The Google Maps screenshot below shows our position right now (blue dot) & the red dot up near the top of the picture shows the relative location of our destination-which is just at the mouth of the Potomac River.

Other than a few freighters anchored at the mouth of the bay & some fishing boats we have not seen many other boats. It’s cloudy & cooler today with a light breeze coming toward our port side, which is great for this long passage.

I will post another update after we have tied up on the dock. That should be sometime between 5:00 & 6:00 pm.

Cheers!