Today was a very stressful day. We rode for around 12 and a half hours for 185 miles. To start off I threw up twice in a time span of around 45 minutes. Second off We were all freezing and shivering our butts off. Today was as awful as the other day. The seas out front were horrendous and when we got to the pamlico sound it was a very choppy 70 miles. But the thing that was the best was seeing my cousins for the third time in my life. So at the end of the day it was all worth it. I hope we do some pretty fun things for the days that were here!
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Captains log 7/1/2014
Begin – 37.92N 75.38W – Assateague, VA
End – 36.83N 75.97W – Virginia Beach, VA
Total fuel: 113 gallons
Travel time: 10 hours
Miles traveled: 80 miles
Since we had a late ending yesterday… We wanted to give our followers a little break this morning ;-) so we didn’t start running until 8:45am.
taking no chances of getting hung up, we poked our nose outside and ran south to Metompkin Inlet for 12 hard miles… Seas one to two feet with SE wind 10 knots.
we ran for another 30 minutes to Wachapreague Marina and refueled at Capt. Zeus… Great place with good people… We took on 51.46 gallons, and set course to one of my favorite little bars, The Sunset Grill… Big shout out to Sheree for her fine Southern Hospitality, she offered us a place to stay at her house because she heard our conversation with trouble getting a place to stay at Rudee… As luck would have it we did get a room at the 
Schooner Inn, right at the point Rudee Inlet, Thanks Sheree!
We made friends with a biker dude (I’m sorry buddy I forget your name! If you read this send me a message and I’ll update :-), however most importantly he gave us a perfectly shaped sand dollar for good luck, let me tell you we needed it for our last 18 miles… We plugged in Rudde Inlet to the GPS and made way. Seas were nasty running 2 to 4 feet and the wind was blowing out of the SE 15 with 25 knot gust. It made a rough ride to say the least… The boys did a great job and learned why it is so Extremely Important to prepare for the worst… Ask Matt… He didn’t want to top off his fuel before we left, however I insisted he did, which ended up being very very important… It took us 2.5 hours to make 18 miles… It was a beating and I was blown off the ski twice because of my surfboard being caught by the wind at the peak of the waves, good times!
The boys didn’t have any deboarding issues which made me very happy…. They made their Sea Bones today and learned what not to do the next time!
We departed Sunset Grill at 4:15 and arrived at Rudee at 6:39pm, made way for Inlet Station Marina and for our sake was helped out by Pat. Thank God Pat was working he helped put on 61.60 gallons of fuel, was able to provide us berthing and even gave us a ride to the hotel which he actually called in advance for us to make sure the had accommodations! Thanks Pat you were a life saver!
We settled in and caught dinner at Il Gardino on 10th street… Yummy, it was a nice treat after our beating. :-)
Captain Kelly, SPC
(Self Proclaimed Captain)
Enjoy the Dolphin show off Indian River inlet
Hello Friends and Family! 1st Post (6/26/14)
As you all know, our trip is almost here and the prepping has been CRAZY. As Dad, Matthew and I (Little Kelly) have been working like mad men to get this trip up and running, Dad has to get most of the Spotlight.
Where will this adventure take us?? Well, the ultimate destination is Nassau in the Bahamas to stay for a few nights in Atlantis, but we will be making tons of little stops all the way down the eastern coast to Florida.
Now, to talk about how we have prepared for the trip. . . We purchased a rescue sled that surfers use to rescue other surfers from getting crushed by big waves out in California.
They attach it to a jet ski (like we will be doing to ours, obviously =P), and fly out to surfers in distress and pick them up. The one that we acquired was also designed for carrying scuba gear, spearfishing gear, or just general equipment for different things. But my dad, being the somewhat mad scientist he is, came up with a design that would hold our surfboards, dive gear, and camping equipment.
Now if that didn’t sound crazy enough, he converted a pelican box (impervious to water and the elements) to house all of our electronics and use a SOLAR PANEL hooked up to a wheelchair battery to charge up all of our electronics when we stop at night. Yes, it seems crazy, but on a trip like this where we may not be able to get to a hotel with outlets, its going to save our butts if we need our cellphones or something of that nature.
Now having read all of the things we have done, I think you deserve some pictures. . . Here they are:
Thank you for being so interested in our trip. It makes happy to know that we have somewhat of a fan base you could say, that will be following us on our trip to the Bahamas. Many more posts to come. . .
Over and out.
Little Kelly