Day Two: Tuesday
We woke early and after coffee stretched our legs on another walk around town, ending up at The Wooden Pickle coffee shop, for one more cup of coffee for the sail. Yes, there is a story behind the name which we won’t go into.
We departed the Bridge Marina around 09:00a and motored for a couple of hours until a nice breeze filled in. We tacked down the river keeping a close eye on Sundown who was a couple of hours behind us but sailing well. The breeze built during the day to around 10-12 kts which is about perfect Ula.
We rounded Windmill point and sailed north west just off the coast of the Northern Neck. When we sailed into Little Bay Marc was only 20 minutes behind, hard to beat water line length Sundown 39’ vs. Ula 32’!
We waited until he anchored and then we tied up along his port side opposite of his boarding later. One nice thing about Ula is that she has an unstayed mast which makes rafting up easy because there are no
spreaders to take into account.
Marc had a paddle board and we had the most beautiful dinghy on the Bay so we met on the Little Bay beach for a walk before dinner
Oh what conversations people have while walking a beach. Everything from arrowheads found on the beach left by the Rappahannock tribe, to astrophysics, and crockpot cooking.
Little Bay’s beaches provide sugar white sand, good swimming, constantly changing shoreline and an opportunity for everyone to stretch their legs!!
We gathered on Sundown for a delightful meal and conversation. Marc gave us a tour of Sundown and told stories about Gordon Lightfoot and the backstory of some of the lyrics to his songs. Marc and Michael played some tunes on guitar and mandolin and Marc sang a spirited rendition of “Sundown” that now with the backstory had new meaning.
Since it was predicted to blow hard that night we broke off at sunset and set our own anchor (and anchor alarm). Blow it did, gusting into the high 20’s, but all three boats in Little Bay held their positions.