Blog of Events & Happenings

Up at 6 AM and underway by 6:45 for the 100-mile trip to Norfolk/Portsmouth. Olverson’s was quiet and peaceful as we left the marina during a beautiful sunrise. The wind was producing choppy waves on the beam as we joined the Potomac, but once we reached the Chesapeake Bay we smiled as 2-3 foot waves came from dead astern. The ride to Norfolk was great. As we passed the Norfolk Naval Station, I was reminded, with pride, that it’s the largest Naval Station in the world. It supports 75 ships, 5 of which are aircraft carriers, and 134 aircraft across 4,300 acres that has 4 miles of waterfront and 11 miles of pier and wharf space. Yep, a big deal. And the carrier pictured below is USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75. We ended the 100-mile run in just over 8.5 hours and stopped at Ocean Yacht Marina in Portsmouth.

We’re here for an extra day (the 15th) due to 25+ knots continuing in Albermarle Sound, but our plan is to move through North Carolina, as the weather allows. The picture below shows our route in a red line on a road map, giving you another perspective of the trip with other well-known landmarks.

First day of our cruise to the Bahamas! Finally loaded the boat and were underway at 10:30 AM, after a last night dinner at Dockside with our dear friend Peggy Saylor. The prime rib dinner was fantastic! Weather today was very good, clear and sunny with 12 knots of wind pushing us straight down the Potomac with 2-foot rollers astern. We made an easy three-and-a-half-hour trip to Olversons, topped off our fuel and stay tied up at the fuel dock for the evening. We have 100 miles to travel tomorrow to Norfolk before a 5:00 PM sunset. While at Olversons, we met with our friend Kathy Dow who we met 20 years ago on the Great Loop. She and her late husband Ross traveled over 20 years living aboard their trawler. We also traveled with them in the Bahamas and up the East coast. They docked and lived aboard at Port Kinsale for 12 years; she moved to Olversons following Ross’s death. Always great to see and reminisce our adventures together and there’s been quite a few! A few pictures below.

October 12 — 31

This part of October had us making the rounds of doctor’s appointments that have started to drive our lives.  And we made the final turn to get the boat ready for the trip to Florida and the Bahamas this winter.  We’re getting ready.

October 11, 2025

This weekend brought a first, our trip to the Schick’s pig roast.  We’ve been invited before but never attended.  This year we went and had a great time. Meeting new friends and eating great food is always a treat.  And I’ve posted a sunrise picture that represents what we’ve been seeing for the past several days.  For pictures, click to enlarge, back arrow to return to size.

October 4, 2025

We wanted to attend the Italian Dinner event at Olverson’s but had a bunch to do this weekend.  Friday night we attended the local town Playhouse of The Pinup Girls, although during the play wished we had not!  Saturday morning we got up and drove to Olverson’s for the dinner.  If we had left yesterday we would have taken the boat.  The dinner was nice and we enjoyed the event.

September 20 — Nice Saturday as we attended the Colonial Yacht Club Crab Festival at Bayside, eating a few crabs as we socialized with club members, and later that evening attended the monthly Peggy’s Pier party.  About 50 people gathered this evening enjoying music by the Hard to Tell band

September 13-14 Music Festival on Town Hill Colonial Beach, VA

This year is the 7th Annual Music Festival happened on 13 and 14 September.  The town turned out to hear good Buffet sounds on Saturday and real Beach Music on Sunday.  A few pictures of town hill where the festival took place are below.  Click on to enlarge.  Back button to return to size.

 

September 6 Day Trip to Captain John’s in Cobb Island, MD

The Colonial Yacht Club held a day trip to Captain John’s restaurant in Cobb Island on the 6th.  These new day-trips in our summer schedule have been a great addition to the club’s activities.  Last month we had 25 participants at Captain Billys and this trip had a larger group participating.  More club members getting together and having a great time.  That’s fantastic!  We were simply too busy to take pictures, but BenjOllie had 9 people on board for the boat trip to Cobb Island, creating even more time for getting together with friends.

August 28 to 1 September

Labor Day Weekend (Aug 28 to 1 Sep) Carey and I, along with our friend Peggy Saylor made a trip to the Hard Crab Festival in Crisfield, VA.  Along with bands, food, and activities we had an afternoon of workboat docking competitions and beautiful fireworks on Sunday evening.  We’ve been here before and enjoyed just as much this year. On the way to Crisfield we stopped at Dennis Point, MD for an overnight stop and dinner at Captain Pat’s restaurant.   Immediately below is a video of one boat docking.

And here are a few pictures of the crowds there and at least one shot underway.  I was having too much fun to capture all the pictures I should have.  Click on the picture to enlarge it and the back arrow to return it to size.

 

 

 

 

 

August 16 2025

This Saturday, the 16th CYC held a day trip to Captain Billy’s Crab House in Marina just 14 miles by water from Colonial Beach.  Twenty-Five people made the trip either by boat or car.  Fun was had by as it was a quiet time to relax at lunch, eat great seafood and tell sea stories of the summer.  Carey and I went by car and had as guests Peggy Saylor and Jack and Ann Southard.  Good time.