On the morning walk I heard the siren of the Centerville Turnpike bridge on the ICW. The siren indicates the bridge is opening for traffic on the waterway. It could have been commercial traffic, or it could have been a snow bird heading north.
I checked the harbor cam at Oriental's Towndock. There is one sailboat at the town dock. The other town dock is empty, as are the docks at the hotel/marina.
The Pilgrim and I may go for a walk this afternoon on the Norfolk waterfront. It will be interesting to see if there are any boats passing through.
Hello Steve,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your adventures and experience on your website over the years, and they are especially appreciated during these recent days. The lone boat in Oriental looks like the Prinses Mia, Martin Dijkstra, skipper, whose visits to Oriental make for quite an interesting story. One article about Martin is at this link: http://bit.ly/3b2567S There have been other more recent articles and a nice video on the TownDock.net website, but I could not find them; perhaps one of your more tech savvy readers may have more luck in pulling them from the archives. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, William, for identifying the boat and sailor. I met Martin years ago when he was anchored on the Chester River on his smaller boat, and I believe I had seen it tied up in Oriental prior to that. Small world. steve
ReplyDeleteHello again Steve,
ReplyDeleteWhoops, please try this link for the TownDock.net Shipping News article about the Prinses Mia from 2013. https://towndock.net/shippingnews/prinses-mia, unless you might enjoy archival film footage from Brittany (en francais).