The BAILEYBOB, the subject of the big boating adventure from Essex Connecticut to Florida, reached a marina in Florida last Monday, Day 10. At that point David McKee bailed and decided to head for home flying from Jacksonville back to Hartford. A marvelous adventure but time to get back to work.
Near the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, one of the highlights of the trip
early start from Southport North Carolina headed for Charleston South Carolina
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later in the day we hear from BAILEYBOB at the Charleston City Marina
Mission accomplished
The report I had last night from the BAILEYBOB was that it was getting windy and rain was moving in. A small craft warning had been issued. They had had a busy Day 5 traveling approximately 150 miles from Norfolk Virginia to Oriental North Carolina – ready for a rest. They are now traveling the Intercostal Waterway which started in Norfolk. Draw a straight line south to Florida.
This journey makes me think of my grandfather Friend who in my memory travelled by car each October or November from Boston to Orlando or Clearwater Florida. He stopped each night for a rest and stopped for a few days in Pinehurst North Carolina to play golf. This was from about 1940 to 1956.
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Just in from the BAILEYBOB 
Beaufort North Carolina only 22 miles today a late start and engine trouble
NB all photo credits assigned to BAILEYBOB
Here’s the latest, Windmills Point, Rappahannock River, Virginia Destination for this election day – Norfolk Virginia
that container ship looks pretty close
Chesapeake Virginia – on the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway – I think BAILEYBOB is on schedule
photo credit – Chesapeake Virginia website
this is not the BAILEYBOB but is pretty close
Boats at the marina in Essex
they are underway – passing under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York (photo courtesy of H Halpin)
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