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So sorry to hear about your engine! The lack of good mechanical help and know-how is really upsetting... America is suffering from this across the board and I hate that it is affecting your fine boat too :(. Unfortunately I'm a bit too far away to help (VA) but I really hope you can find someone. Go...

Thanks Ken! We had a blast and I hope it will be a trip the boys always remember. I'm also hoping it will be the beginning of a life long love for sailing .

Day 12 (06/08/2022)
30 miles
The Wharf to EZCruise Marina

For the final day of our adventure, we sailed south from DC back up into the Occoquan Bay, were Bartholomew was docked in our new home marina, the EZCruise!

Day 11 (06/08/2022) 30 miles Mattawoman Creek to The Wharf Marina in DC! Headed into the Beltway! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52136162025_95cec4d3ab_c_d.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52135665621_75fb1b9d72_c_d.jpg Made it up to the capital! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52136...

Day 10 (06/07/2022): 40 miles Scuttlebutt's to Mattawoman Creek First thing in the morning (5:00am) David jumped out of bed to check his lines... a catch! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52136162305_a882520293_c_d.jpg From there on, it was another day of smooth sailing... we were even able to bo...

Day 9 (06/06/2022) 40 miles Smith's Point to ScuttleButt's Marina The winds were light in the morning, so we got an early start and motored up to Cole's Point for gas and ice cream! The boys played on the beach for a bit while I grilled up some hot dogs. After wolfing down 14 hot dogs between the fo...

Days 7 & 8: 0 miles Smith's Point Marina We cheated and my wife picked us up on Friday night and drove us home for a couple nights in our own warm beds! We arrived back to the marina late Sunday afternoon, and performed several maintenance actions on the boat, including installation of the new m...

Day 6 (06/03/2022): 35 miles Stingray Point to Smith's Point Seas were much rougher and the wind and current fought us all day long. Our speed dropped from 6 knots the day before to just 2-3 knots and our faces were filled with seawater :). https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52137441832_8405cde19f_...

Day 5 (06/02/2022): 50 miles Ocean Yacht Marina to Safe Harbor at Stingray Point Almost got run over by an aircraft carrier! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52137446587_d7164cb0c2_c_d.jpg Water on the Chesapeake was like glass! It was the perfect day to cover some miles on the Bay. https://live....

Day 4 (06/01/2022): 45 miles CoinJock Marina to Ocean Yacht Marina Our 3rd day was an adventure up the ICW, and we were desperately glad to have use of our new marine radio! Many of our new-found friends from the CoinJock were cruising together, which was quite a comfort, and we were particularly gl...

Day 3 (05/31/2022): 30 miles Yeopim Creek to CoinJock Marina After the adventures of our first day, we decided to take advantage of our beautiful new motor and power up the sound into the ICW! In the morning, we were treated to a fleet of A10 Warthogs performing a training run... we saw 9 of them in...

Day 2 (05/30/2022): 25 miles Mackey's Marina to Yeopim Creek We woke up at 7am to the gentle rocking of the boat at Mackey's Marina. We then spent the next several hours getting the brand new motor unboxed, onboard and oiled, the alternator connected for battery charging, and a 12V charging port ins...

Day 1 (05/29/2022): 0 miles. We arrived at the marina and hunkered down for the first night in the ship. Our crew was short a man, as my youngest son David had a cold and stayed home with his mother. The Bartholomew's cabin was quite the mess! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52135686798_735118ee...

In the end, Bartholomew cost me quite a bit more than my initial investment of $300. In particular, I invested about a thousand bucks in the trailer and another $2k in the outboard... I probably could have gotten away with a used outboard, but I didn't want to be fussing with the motor with three yo...

Bartholomew needed a bit of cleaning and some bottom paint, but the bones were good! After some negotiation with my new employer in DC, I was granted a couple weeks of leave for the sailing trip... this was not enough time for the full 800+ miles, so I decided to trailer the boat up to Mackey's Mari...