37 01.443 N
76 20.476 W
The plans of mice and men....
There is some bad weather arriving Thursday, so last night I spend a few hours searching for an appropriate anchorage to hide in for two nights. When we woke this morning I checked the forecast again. The storm was still there but the wind direction had been changed somewhat. So I spent another half an hour picking another destination as we ate a hurried breakfast and prepared the boat for departure. Last thing, I called the lock-master to request passage at 9:00 AM - the conversation went a bit like this:
Tide Hiker: This is northbound motor vessel Tide Hiker requesting passage at 9:00AM
Lockmaster: "Sorry, the lock is broken"
Tide Hiker: When will it be fixed?
Lockmaster: We don't know what's wrong with it!
Tide Hiker: When will you know?
Lockmaster: "We will tell you when we can!
Tide Hiker: We will hail you in an hour
Some time about 1 PM I heard the Lockmaster hail one of the barges and tell them to start moving into the lock. So we fired up Tide Hiker and moved in behind the barge. It was a bit tight, and we had to watch out for the prop wash from the tug, but we made it through OK.
Needless to say, all our planning was now moot as most of the day had been spent waiting for the lock. Because of the delay our options had closed up somewhat so decided to bail out and find a marina. We had not been to Hampton before and it sounded interesting and so here we are. We arrived at 5 PM and tied up right in front of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, very posh.
Sitting down on the job |
Nice and tight with the tug |
Hammer head crane |
George Bush |
Hospital Ship |
Today;s photo |
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