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Looking at this pic, I remember it was a damn hot, hazy day on the Chesapeake and the wind was blowing pretty good from the mouth of The Rappahannock River giving this sailboat a nice close reach with a good head of speed.
I'd noticed him off in the distance a couple of miles away and he was quickly approaching our starboard side.

Closer and closer he sailed directly towards our starboard. It appeared he was attempting to catch us and kept adjusting course and pointing in our direction, even as we motored at 9 knots. I thought he just wanted a look, but as he came within sight I could see someone standing on the bow waving his arms. Soon I could hear the cussing; ranting something about the right of way. My taking pictures seemed to send him back to the cockpit, but as we let him pass ahead of us, the whole crew gave us the one finger wave.
Finally figuring out the problem... we were dirtying his air.
Serious sailors on the Bay.

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Give it up!

For one of my homeboys... Wayne Jackson
We came out of the same cotton patch.

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was taken last night —

Big moon over The Bluffs Marina

Baby Sea Lion Gets Comfortable

Obviously, his parents aren't raising him right.
Humans are dangerous. Where is PETA?

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Wad-o-Boats

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Contigo

We Bid Adieu

To Memphis and all that goes with it.
Again, we stayed longer than planned, but that's just what we do when we feel like it.
So we say goodbye with a photograph of a beautiful sunset over the Mississippi River; setting on the armpit of the Mid-South, my much maligned and deservedly so, hometown of West Memphis, Arkansas.

Now we're back aboard Istaboa and finishing up the small details in preparation for the start of another trip.

• A diver coming today to clean the bottom and replace the zincs.
• tweaking all electronic charts
• polishing a couple hundred gallons of fuel
• provisioning at Carmines for that hard to get stuff
• I'm sure this list could go on and on

In the next few days we'll start our run north to wherever that takes us.
We have a new Granddaughter we've yet to meet. Maddie.

Adios... Adieu?

Later,

Istaboa

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For years... 1400+ nautical mile

and back. 1400+ nautical miles