Going north to get off the dock!

It is time to get Nati off the dock!  Enough said!!

Captain E-man at the helm

Really we had to get Nati's bottom cleaned off as 6 weeks in the dirty, warm water of the Chesapeake is enough for any boat.  Nati is in need of new bottom paint but she has to wait another month and then we will be on the "hard" for a few days of sanding and painting.  So..........we head to the east shore to get some swimming in and also some bottom cleaning!!

I'm ready to go in Captain!!

Amy had Friday off so in the morning we head out to parts unknown.  It didn't take long to decide we were going to Worton Creek for the night as Nati was very slow and there was virtually no wind to help the engines move her.  It was our first trip to the anchorage and it was a lot of fun.  Evan showed us some new swimming tricks and we got off much of the lawn we were growing under the waterline.

The next day we decided to make another move and this time we made it to Georgetown.  It was Amy and Evan's first time there so we took a mooring ball and had the use of the facilities on shore.  Evan, once again was a swimming fiend and now he is swimming underwater, eyes open and seems totally at ease.

Once again he wants to drive!

m/v Smoke in the Wind

The motor back to Fairview was in light winds but now Nati can move again in the water.  No more barnacles and no more lawn to mow!