Day #1: With the remnants of this weekend's LNVT Rendezvous attendees cheering her on, Nellie was set free just before 9am this morning. In tandem with her sisters Victory, Thistle and Knock Off, Nellie worked her way along Church Creek, Fishing Creek, and the Little Choptank before reaching the spacious confines of the Chesapeake Bay. With visions of white sand beaches and palm trees dancing in her head she turned south.
The first day out is about discovering all the things that don't quite work properly, like the low oil pressure alarm. Fortunately it can be diagnosed underway. May we get so lucky on the other things.
Our plan to make a one day, 120nm run, to Norfolk was abandoned when the wind and seas made the going uncomfortable. Instead we bailed out to Deltaville, VA, which is at least over halfway to Norfolk.
