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Voyage 2005-2006: Chapter 2

Heading for Wilmington NC

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18 Oct 2005, Life on the Hard, 38 46.570 N/ 076 33.840 W

We've been on the 'hard' in the yard for two weeks and it was getting old. We had the depth sounder fixed in short order. However, when we ran the new cable, we apparently damaged the knotmeter cable as now it didn't work. We fixed that. We replenished our zincs and touched up the bottom paint.Put some 'magic' paint on the prop. We'll see how magic it is. The lettering for our homeport received some damage, so we replaced that.
We had Steve from Alpha Rigging replace our anchor light with one of the new fangled LED types. We also had him replace a bad foredeck light and give the rigging a going over. We 'splashed. yesterday to facilitate Steve's work. Nothing leaked after the splash, so I guess it was a good launch.
Wolfgang and Denise from SY Moony arrived here a couple of days ago. Their refrigeration died and they came here to have Butch take a look-see. They had us over for dinner a couple of days ago which consisted of great German food. We invited them over for wine and cheese tomorrow to celebrate our departures to places South.

20 Oct 2005, The voyage begins Day 1, 38 07.100 N/ 076 24.560 W

Well, finally!! Jule III left M dock of Herrington Harbour North (Chesapeake) at 0700 today accompanied by SY Moony of Kiel Germany. Butch and Vicki waved a fond farewell to the gang. Just as we left the harbor, the Coast Guard issued a special marine alert (high winds, waves). It was lumpy but no real problem. For most of the day, we had a really great sail. Of course, SY Moony scooted past us and left us in their wake (we are really slow, ... but good). BTW, This is their second circumnavigation of the globe.
MV NanSea D decided to accompany us part of the way South. Jule III, NanSea D, and Moony are all at anchor in Smith Creek off the Potomac. Of course it is raining! We are all concerned about Wilma and will monitor it closely. We are the comm station for the anchorage and provide periodic Wilma-o-grams. Tomorrow, we head for Deltaville VA, then Norfolk and South.

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