9 May 2016 – Hampton, VA – Deltaville, VA … and our near encounter with the US Navy
The harbor between Hampton and Norfolk is often filled with many different types of vessels. Today we saw a US Navy submarine approaching.
Radio broadcasts alerted us to this and they requested all vessels keep a distance of at least 500 yards/450 meters from the submarine. Two US Navy boats were escorting the submarine through the harbor.
We think we got a little closer than they may have been comfortable with and this nice Navy boat made sure he was between us and the sub. Yes, that is a big gun he is holding.
We don’t know what he thought of us, and he must have assessed we were no real threat. We waved as we passed by and it was kind of cool to have a heavily armed friendly USN sailor wave back to us.
After this we then officially re-entered the Chesapeake Bay and celebrated the fact that there was wind and space to sail as we unrolled the genoa and enjoyed some motorsailing. Our friends were near us and were able to take a photo of us underway – it is very rare when we are able to get a photo of us under sail.
We made our way to Deltaville, Virginia where we would spend 2 nights because …. you guessed it…. rain and cold was in the forecast for the next day.
But because we were here for a second night we were able to enjoy this beautiful sunset.
