Rock Hall to Norfolk

For six weeks during September and October 2003, we sailed Memphis Belle from Rock Hall to Norfolk and back--including a side trip up the Potomac River to Washington D.C. Highlights of our trip were being overtaken by Hurricane Isabel in D.C., (without getting a scratch on Memphis Belle) and having a friendly waterman in Reedville, VA deliver (to our boat at anchor) the best steamed crabs we've ever eaten. (boats name was "Big Mac") Big Mac's one year old son--wearing baby blue footed pajamas and a life jacket--had already claimed his spot at the controls of his father's crabbing boat. Another generation of capable Chesapeake watermen has begun!