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Crossing the Albermarle Sound

A Human Being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - Robert Heinlein
Yesterday's sail up the Alligator River and across the Albermarle Sound was a glorious one. Captain Clyde would have been proud; as soon as we entered into the Alligator we shut down the engine and left it off all day except for the short transit through the Alligator River Swing Bridge. Through the morning we made 6-7 knots while we had a good wind forward of the beam, falling off to 4-5 when we turned off of the wind and it started to lighten. I have some great video of Felix under sail that I was planning to post today, but thanks to the 'new and improved' microsoft Vista I'm unable to upload from my video camera until I can get to a store and buy a new type of cable. Hope to have it up in a few days.
We're anchored here in the North River and staying a day catching up on projects. We're two days from Norfolk and contemplating a reluctant weekend passage, although we just may linger and travel Sunday evening and Monday instead so that we are among lighter traffic.
I'm uploading a couple of small videos that I just shot with my still camera, mostly as a test to see how it works. One is a 360 of our anchorage here on the North River, as you can see it's pretty wide open. The other is just a short clip of Felix's deck.

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  1. AnonymousJuly 1, 2009 at 12:50 PM

    I always did like Heinlen.

    Sorry about Vista. Oh well, it's only money.

    Laura

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