More on Norfolk

Must do the Chrysler Museum of Art. It's spectacular!  Visit the Nauticast and tour the battleship Wisconsin.  Enjoy walks through the town; all that wonderful cobblestone.  Enjoy the microbrewers and restaurants. There's lots to do in Norfolk, VA

Norfolk & South

We travel with a "gaggle" of boats, including Sea Quill and Sojourn. Go through Great Bridge and down the canal to Coinjock.  In Great Bridge lock we meet 'Mosey' which is a custom steel trawler, owner built, wow!  Turns out their previous boat was a 1995 Krogen 42!  We need to get them to the 2012 Krogen gathering!

North, South Relations

Friends look out for one another.

Norfolk, VA

Krogens "The Good Life", "Sea Quill" & "Sylken Sea" at Waterside Marina, Norfolk, VA.

Escort Service

The US Navy call on Sea Quill to escort them into port.

The Good Life

Ah yes, the good life on a boat, even better on a Krogen!

Gilligan & Mary-Anne

Gilligan & Mary-Anne aboard the Minnow.

Krogen Rendezvous

Great time at "Gilligan's Island" (aka Solomon's).  Again Will & Sue did a fantastic job organizing. Randy & Nick got us all in & out without a scratch and no stress. Go slow, think 'island time'.  Works docking too!

The Howells were shopping for a boat to get them off  of "Gilligan's Island"!

Irene

Irene came and went, with a lot of help and coaching we prepared the boat for a direct hit in Pocomoke City. Turned out the storm centre passed about 30 miles east of us. I don't think we saw much more than a sustained 60kts wind. There may have been some higher gusts, and man did it rain! The river got to the top of the docks, low areas were flooded but 12 hours later the worst was over.

Dodged a bullet, hope everyone else did as well.

Fuel Economy Anyone?

This boat is teaching me a lot about boat design. At normal cruise we burn about 2GPH. The boat has no stern wake. That's right, no stern wake. This is in a displacement boat which is the key, I believe, to good fuel economy. Last weekend we ran 1550 to 1600 RPM most of the time and averaged 7+ kts burning 1.7 to 1.8 GPH. The boat is "happy" at this speed and I think for the 48 this is the "sweet" spot. Running harder gives us little gain for a lot higher fuel burn.