Got off to a late start. I went to Farm Fresh and bought a few more groceries. Roy went over to talk with a 72-year-old skipper he met last night. By the time we left the dock, it was nearly eleven.
Went across to the fuel dock and filled the tank. Used their hose to wash some of the remaining insect corpses off the boat.
We had thought we'd make the 11:30 bridge opening, but it turned out the bridge didn't open until 12:00. Roy took a fast shower while we waited.
When we reached the lock, we did a really miserable job of tying to the wall. I was busy attaching the boards, so I wasn't ready with the lines. Threw the bow line to the lock attendant at the last minute, and he fastened it around a bollard before we got the stern line to another attendant, so the stern swung out into the channel. It was quite a struggle, but we finally got tied to the wall.
The rest of our trip was uneventful, except for a mistake I made in the Norfolk Channel, when I turned at buoy 12 thinking it was 10. Fortunately, there was plenty of water, so nothing drastic happened.
We went up the James River and dropped anchor in twelve feet of water not far from Jamestown Island.
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