Charleston - April 23

The morning session was all about the Chesapeake Bay and we were disappointed in the first part of the presentation. The presenters talked in very general terms about various aspects of cruising and that was not something we were interested in. They did go on to talk about specific marinas and anchorages, which was helpful to us. Unfortunately, neither men were good speakers and it was difficult to keep our attention focused.

The afternoon session was supposed to be about Delaware, NY Harbor and the Hudson River. The presenter again couldn’t hold our interest and did not cover all the areas he was supposed to. Darrell eventually left this group and went into the side meeting room to hear about handling the locks. He thought this was beneficial and the speaker had good visuals.

We have already met some very nice and interesting people. David & Adrienne Cohen, who just took delivery on their boat a month ago, Bonnie & Bruce Daily, who lived on their boat for several years in Ft. Myers before retiring a couple of weeks ago and starting the loop, Lynn & Bob Williamson who have cruised the canal systems in France, Belgium and the Netherlands on their Dutch built steel trawler before bringing it to the U.S., and a British couple from Turkey who live on their boat in the Mediterranean. They are here checking out the possibility of coming over to do the loop. We also met a couple from Brooklyn Park, Mn. who have a boat on the Tennessee River.

This evening was ‘on your own’. Some of the Loopers in our marina decided to get together for hor’derves before all going to “The Boathouse” for dinner. We had a nice evening.