We enjoyed our short visit to Portsmouth, VA and the convenience of staying at a marina. Sunday morning we took a long walk through the narrow tree lined streets of historic Portsmouth. Many of the homes date to the late 1700’s and early 1800’s and most have been restored to their early style. Unfortunately, our crew for this trip, Nancy’s brother-in-law, John, had a few delays getting down from Baltimore. When does Amtrak run on time? So our departure from Norfolk was not until early afternoon on June 1st. We had a light breeze and finally there was enough room to sail, so we proceeded to tack out of the busy commercial harbor. This meant heading for the swallows outside the main shipping channel whenever a container ship or a large naval vessel approached. By about
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