On the (nautical) Road Again!
Just couldn't wait to get on the road again! (credits to Willie Nelson). Well after 17 months, we are back on Rumaway and off for another number of months of adventure. We arrived in Norfolk VA to see her out of the water for hull paint and various prep work at the Atlantic Yacht Basin storage yard in Chesapeake VA. After launching 2 days later, the work for us started. The boat had been winterized last December to prepare for the short cold spells that can develop here, and that also means that all of the systems needed to be recommissioned. The first priority was AC as it was close to 90 when we arrived. Second priority was water systems and refrigeration. We moved aboard the day after the AC was commissioned and started the cleaning. Although in covered storage the exterior of the boat was very dirty of course and required nearly two days of cleaning. The bigger concern was the interior, as it is such a humid climate here in the summer, and after two summers storage we wonde