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General Discussion / Re: ICW 2016
« Last post by Bob Morrow on October 12, 2016, 12:25:48 pm »
Ed,  I guess that you don't have the same weather considerations now, but if
you do end up in the Great Wicomico River, you might want to go up Cockrell Creek
to Reedville. It has some beautiful places to anchor, not much further off your route
than Sandy Point and much more protected, with the option to go into the small town
for restaurants and a very few stores, one good seafood restaurant/outlet right on the
water.  You might have to contend with the smell of the menhaden processing plant,
but it's usually not too bad, especially if you choose your anchorage upwind of the
plant. There's also the "adventure" of having to go around all the docked menhaden
fishing boats through a narrow fairway and around the very tall smokestack of a ruined
plant that looks like it might collapse on you at any minute.

I have also been in the Little Wicomico River, through Smith Point, but that was
on a catamaran and as I recall at that time there were some depths that might
have been problematic for a boat with a deeper draft.

How do I get your "follow by e-mail gadget"?
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General Discussion / Re: ICW 2016
« Last post by Bob Morrow on October 12, 2016, 11:34:07 am »
Ed, I really feel bad for you and Joan. At this rate maybe my boat WILL be ready to
Go along with you, before you get the chance to start out. Bob Morrow
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General Discussion / Re: ICW 2016
« Last post by Ed Criscuolo on October 11, 2016, 09:52:03 am »
Its now 11 days past our planned departure date, and we're still stuck at our home dock. :(

First it was a cold front that delayed us a couple of days.

Then it was Matthew that held us off almost a whole week.

Finally, when we're "cleared for takeoff", our credit card gets hacked, and we have to wait another three days to get a replacement! And that's with extra-cost "expedited" service!

The promised card delivery was supposed to be yesterday. Can you guess? No card...

And now, both the Dismal Swamp and the Virginia Cut legs of the ICW are closed due to post-Matthew high water and damage! This trip is really getting off to poor start!

Hopefully, we're getting all of our bad karma out of the way now!  I hope so...
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General Discussion / Re: ICW 2016
« Last post by Ed Criscuolo on October 02, 2016, 12:00:18 pm »
Due to hurricane Matthew, we have postponed our departure.  Details on the Oct 2 post on the blog:

http://sv-dolce-vita.blogspot.com/

EDIT:

I just noticed that my trip blog didn't have the "Follow by Email" gadget on it.  No wonder my stats kept showing 0 followers! :eek:

I think I've fixed the template now and added the correct gadget.
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General Discussion / Re: ICW 2016
« Last post by Ed Criscuolo on October 01, 2016, 01:59:15 am »
Guys,

I'm becoming increasingly concerned about hurricane Matthew. Chris Parker's marine weather service (to which I subscribe), says that the track northward is very uncertain, and could encompass anything from a landfall in SC to missing the east coast entirely and grazing the west side of Bermuda.

As a result, he's recommending that boats in the Virginia and Delmarva region should seek secure locations by the evening of Wed Oct 5.

Since we're now planning on leaving on Monday Oct 3, our first three night's stops were looking like Galesville, Solomons, and Sandy point (off the Wicomico) on Wed.

But winds are predicted to be NE or NNE Wednesday, and this is bad for anchoring at Sandy point, as there is too much fetch to the NE.

I'm considering just holing up at Spring Cove in Solomons for a few days if this scenario looks likely, but also wonder if there are any good anchorages near Sandy Point that are protected on the NE. I looked at Ellyson Cove inside of Smith Point, but the entrance looks a little hairy.

I welcome suggestions or recommendations.
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General Discussion / Re: ICW 2016
« Last post by Ed Criscuolo on September 29, 2016, 01:26:41 pm »
Well, with three solid days of rain in the forecast, we've decided to
postpone our departure until Monday Oct 3. This will give us
one clear day (Sunday) to do the final loading of the boat.

There's no point in starting out with everything soaked!

At last check this morning, the Dismal Swamp Canal was still closed due to high water, although the Army Corp of Engineers did manage to get out the four boats that were trapped there since the closing.

http://www.waterwayguide.com/nav-alert/4-6549/dismal-swamp-canal-and-atlantic-intracoastal-south-of-great-bridge-closed-due-to-high-water-update
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General Discussion / Re: ICW 2016
« Last post by Ron Harbin on September 19, 2016, 02:24:48 pm »
Ed and Joan
Here's wishing you safe travels, calm seas, and following winds.  I'm sure you ARE a bit anxious about your departure.  I'm sorry I won't be able to make the send off raft-up but I'm leaving for Kansas the day before (by car).  Thanks for the blog and the link.  I'll be following your travels.
Ron
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General Discussion / Re: ICW 2016
« Last post by Ed Criscuolo on September 19, 2016, 12:02:30 pm »
We're down to 12 days to departure, and I'm getting a bit frantic with preparations!

Icebox reinsulation project is complete and tested.  Not quite as big an improvement as I'd hoped, but still much better than it was.

I've started a blog to capture our trip preparations and progress:

http://sv-dolce-vita.blogspot.com/

We're planning on having a raftup on our first day out (Sat Oct 1) on the Rhode River, up in round bay over near the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) property on the west side.  Would love to see some Pearsons there, so if you're free that weekend, hop in your boat and come on down!
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General Discussion / Re: True Blue to Rappahannock 9-2016
« Last post by Ed Criscuolo on September 19, 2016, 11:53:11 am »
Great trip report Ron!
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General Discussion / True Blue to Rappahannock 9-2016
« Last post by Ron Harbin on September 18, 2016, 04:41:28 pm »
Maybe it's because I'm now a member of the CBPSA but it seemed very odd that I came across so many other Pearsons on my recent trip to the Rappahannock.  Attached is my trip log and a link to poorly done video. 
Ron
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