As we cleared the docks at Colonial Beach this morning I was hailed on Ch 16 and when I answered they asked me to go to Ch 18. No response on Ch 18 so Ricki called the marina to see if they were trying to catch us and was told it probably was the water police. I again asked on Ch 16 who was calling and instructed to go to Ch 9. It turned out to be the Range Control Officer for the Navy and they were getting ready for LIVE SHELLING in the area we were going to be in and asked us to keep 1/4 mile starboard of the Navy buoys for the next few miles. NO PROBLEM! When we were about 10 or 12 miles down the Potomac we could hear the shells/bombs or whatever going off. Other than that we had a nice tide push for the first few hours but as we approached the bay we lost the tide and picked up the strong SE winds. It wasn't quite as rough as the Tangier crossing but we were seeing some pretty hard stuff on our bow so we stopped at Smith Point Marina, about 15 miles short of our goal, for the night. When we pulled in we both got pump outs and I took on 173 gallons of fuel at $4.09 per gallon (ouch).
This area is alive with fishing and is actually the home of the Omega Fish Oil we all take. The lady that owns the place told John & I as she took us to the store, that the area had the 2nd largest per capita income in the USA. Tomorrow we will take an easy 30 mile trip to Doziers Regatta Point Marina at Deltaville, VA before our final leg to York River.
We traveled 51 miles today and our position is: N37 52.973 W76 15.166.
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