Hampton, Jamestown & Yorktown
We spent an uneventful weekend at Atlantic Yacht Basin (AYB), south of Norfolk, as I wanted to talk to them Monday morning about summer storage. AYB is a great location for storage, as the boat would be under cover, out of the rain and the sun (important for bright work survival) and the marina is known as a great hurricane hole as it is behind a lock on a a canal, so no storm surge during big storms. After confirming we would bring the boat back at some point, we departed north for Hampton. But first, we had to go thru the Great Bridge Lock. This is the only lock on the ICW and our first time thru a lock. Proved to be rather uneventful, and an opportunity for us to reflect on how far we had come. 1236 miles from Key West! The trip thru Norfolk harbour is impressive. I think this is the largest Navy base on the east coast, and we saw numerous destroyer and cruiser class ships, large supply and transport ships, one nuclear submarine, and three aircraft carriers, as