2021-2022 Winter Storage as the Pandemic Continues

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Earlier in the 2021 Summer boating season we decided that we would try keeping Kairos in the water for the winter at The Atlantic Yacht Basin in Chesapeake, VA….

….so we set out on an early Friday afternoon in Mid-October to get a head start on our trip south with our first destination being Annapolis for some routine maintenance with Shore Power Solutions.
The forecast for the next day was for strong winds from the south so we chose to cruise in calm seas into the night to Port Jefferson before the winds kicked up. Nice to have FLIR for this leg.
After the next day in Port Washington the winds shifted to easterly and we headed towards NYC
Protected by the city the East River was calm.
The best views of Manhattan can be from the East River….
….ending in New York Harbor
A nice overnight in Sheepshead Bay…
….with a spectacular sunset
On to Atlantic City
With Sheryl at the helm
Followed by a dark early departure to catch favorable current up the Delaware and C&D canal
With Peter at the helm
Sunrise off the Jersey Shore
Coast Guard in Cape May
A rough ride up Delaware Bay in 30 knot headwinds
A well needed rest stop in Bohemia Bay
Small tuna?
Downtown Annapolis
Port Annapolis
A fun morning of striper fishing on the Chesapeake
Some nice times with David and Caryl
Port Annapolis in the early evening
Ingram Bay
Norfolk Naval Yard
Hospital ship in Norfolk
Waterfront Marina
Great Bridge Lock
Waiting for an opening at Great Bridge
Home for the winter @ Atlantic Yacht Basin
Refinishing the pilot house
Preparing to replace an etched windshield
Pulpit repair after sustaining damage at Block Island by an adrift boat impact during a wind storm last season.
Ready to head North
Quiet Anchorage in Jackson Cove having dinner with Captain Ray
The Spa…Burr Yacht Sales
Heading north with a new enclosure installed
Verrazano Narrows Bridge from just outside Coney Island Creek
Back Home in Snug Harbor with a week-long windstorm kicking up the seas
Time to refinish the brightwork
A new cockpit sun shade
Ready to start the summer boating season

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