Happenings in and around Nap'town

Now that we have been able to spend a whole week in town we have been doing a few things with Dingh-go.  Wednesday is "beer can" night on the Bay and the other night saw some good racing.  No t-storms in the forecast and light winds.........and plenty of boats.  A nice sight!

On the way back to Nati we spied some very unusual boats across the way.  The Chesapeake working boats;   The Log Buyboats.

Log Buyboats were built in the early 1900's and used to haul freight such as watermelon and even pigs.  The vessels were adaptable and had may uses.  Log built deck boats were low to the water which made them stable for dredging and off-loading produce.  The one boat, F.D. Crockett was an active work boat until 1994, about the downturn of the fishing industry and converted in to a pleasure craft.

The boats were all docked at the Chesapeake Maritime Museum and were cruising around the Bay on a cruise.

The next day we had a little surprise at the dock.......An old friend from Sato days at the Nationals in Ft Walton Beach!  What a small world it is!!

Larry Geller and his mate, Christine were chartering a Moorings cat for a few days and they were right beside us at the dock.  Now, we haven't seen Larry for over 10 years and it seemed like yesterday.  They were heading for a wedding and just stopped to check out the boat as they were in the market for a new boat soon.

Cheers to the "Dock of the Bay!"