Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Hi Everyone,
We have been extremely busy for the last few weeks and not had time to attend to our blog. Sorry because we know you all enjoy reading the adventures of the Jabberwocky.

Actually we left Florida on 28 May and sailed to Charleston, SC and laid over for seven days. We need to go north to comply with our insurance coverage. The second day at Charleston tropical storm Barry came through and we had a wonderful time bouncing on a rather exposed dock. The folks behind us in a smaller boat actually left their boat and went to a hotel they were so uncomfortable.

We had a number of items for repair or complete and finally left Charleston around June 7 and came up to Beaufort, NC. Again we laid over for a couple of days and are now travelling in the Intercoastal Waterway (ICW) headed for Norfolk.

Fort Sumter at the entrance to Charleston Harbor

The new bridge across one of the channels of the harbor.

Our first stop was Belhaven on the 11th and then we arrived at Alligator River Bridge Marine yesterday with about 84 miles to go to Norfolk. We tried to leave this morning a high pressure system had come in producing 15 to 20 knot winds from the northeast that prevented us from crossing Albermarle Sound this morning with very choppy seas and gusts to 30. We are hoping that conditions improve in the morning.

Our current goal is to get to Newport, RI in two to three weeks.

We have been updating the shiptrak website on a regular basis.

We promise to work on updates for the blog more frequently.

Thanks for reading.
Gordon and Joyce.