Norfolk

 

Monday was not a very nice day so we stayed on the boat and did some chores. 

Debbie's helmet fit

I did get to have a ride on Jim’s motorcycle as we went into Norfolk for a visit to West Marine.  More Zinc’s to complete the change on the engines + spares. We hosted Drift Away for dinner and made plans for tomorrow.

Tuesday, we Uber’d into Norfolk to visit Nauticus, the marine museum.  It provides an excellent history of Norfolk as well as the history of the US Naval service. 

The biggest draw is the battleship “Wisconsin”.  They dredged a channel to get it positioned beside the museum and you can take tours of the ship. 

The large guns are massive and they can propel a variety of shells such as armour piercing and high

Shell penetrates multi-layer steel

explosive.

 

Front two turrets

This  ship apparently went through the second world war without a scratch but then during the Korean War, it was bombarding railway lines when a Korean battery hit it and put foot and a half hole in the teak deck.  The captain was so P’d off he shot one of the large guns and not only took out the battery but half of the mountain top. 

One of the captains on the support ship messaged him “temper, temper.”

Crew Mess

We went off to a restaurant that one of the volunteer guides had suggested and had a great lunch.

Too much food as usual!!  It was then back to the boat.

Yesterday was boat chores. My new Wi-Fi antenna arrived and I was able to get it installed.  I now have a router that will give me a good signal throughout the boat and the capability of receiving a signal from weaker Wi-Fi’s.  Drift Away was able to do more work on their canvas to give Jim more protection from the sun.

 

Debbie & Sandy at the bow

Off to the Chesapeake today to find a nice anchorage.