We sat and drank coffee as the sun camie up
At 7:30 we raised the anchor and headued out of this beautiful anchorage. That's when we found the first of the problems...the deck wash used to clean the chain as it comes in didn't work..I didn't have time to figure out why and so stowed the chain..mud and all
Then I noticed that the alternator that charges the battery when the engine is running wasn't charging. Its a dual output alternator, with one side charing the stater battery and the other charging the "house" battery..the starter battery was charging jsst fine, but the big house bank, which among other things supplys the power for the refrigerator, wasn't being charged at all.
But the engine was running fine and off we went
The winds were dead calm, the water was smooth and glassy and we didnt even bother to raise any sails. We made good time, passed another lighthouse
and by 3:15 were in Hampton, docking at the Hampton Public Piers. The first thing we did after tying off the boat was to plug into a 30 amp service to recharge the batteries.
I spent much of the time on the trip down the Bay trying to find an electrician to come to the boat and figure out what was wrong with the charging system, but I failed completely. I'm now hooping that at our next stop, which will be at a marina in Great Bridge Virginia I'll bemore successful.
We had dinner this eening at a nice restaurant (Venture) a few blocks from the marina. Crew from 5 different Island Packets were around the table and it was a very nice evening..
Tomorrow we head into the ICW proper, which begins a mile marker zero, about 11 miles south of our marina.
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