Boatyard activities

We did not get the boat launched yesterday, but we have our hope for it happening this Tuesday.

In Danish "Båb problemer"

Kære Alle.
Her i week enden har vi gjort bunden klar til bundbehandling. Sidst jeg gjorde det var ude i Phuket i Thailand i næsten 40 gr C. I dag var det regnvejr her i Deltaville. Vi fejrede Davids fødselsdag i fredags med vort værtspar, som er noget så søde. Jill, vor værtinde, er nøjagtig min alder, født i beg. af februar 1949, så vi snakker rigtig godt sammen om alt muligt, og sammenligner vort livs forløb. Folk vi møder tror vi er i familie.
Jeg skal lige prøve at at oversætte det jeg skrev om arbejdet på båden. "Isolator" er en slags transformer fra "land" til båd strøm og fra 110 til 220 volt, så vi kan veksle mellem strømforsyningen på båden, hvad enten vi er her i USA eller i Europa. "Macerator" er en slags maskine liquidezer som neutraliserer wc indholdet og så når næste person bruger toilettet lades indholdet ud i havet. Dette er et system som the US Coastguard har tilladt. Dog er der nogle steder såsom i Baltimore , hvor der intet er tilladt..............zero tolerence! "Rodder problem" er noget med roret, som var fugtigt, da surveyeren borede huller i det. Dette problem er er ret almindeligt i mange ældre både. De andre sejlere som vi snakker med siger at de har det samme problem i deres både, og tager det ikke særlig højtideligt. Nu har David fået tegningerne sendt hjemmefra på vores ror og skal vise dem til værftet, og så må vi se hvad der sker.
Vi håber at komme i vandet sidst på ugen.

More photos from Boatyard /marina and Deltaville

More photos from Deltaville, VA, US. The
Buffet is our breakfast table at Sanderling House B & B, Deltaville,VA.
The church is one of several churches in the town. We noticed the Jewish star on the tower. Boat photos are from Stingray Point Marina in Deltaville. The lighthouse building is the yacht club. Gitte's and David's photos are from Aros More in Schroeders Boatyard.

We have been in Deltaville in Virginia for just over a week now, and so far the progress on the boat has been slow. David and I have worked away as busy bees but the yard did not do what promised and we were a bit unhappy. Also, the weather was cold, wet and windy. We went to Norfolk to get our cruising permit sorted out but to no joy. We were treated as if we were a freighter or oil tanker and no alternative seem available for yachts.
Now the sun has come out with blue sky from wall to wall and the temperature is rising. David had a surveyor going through the boat on Monday and he is sending us a list of items which need attention. David saw the yard manager yesterday and right away a chap came along and he is already busy working away putting in the isolator/charger. The macerator /wc system is the next thing which needs done, and then of course whatever the surveyor came up with, such as rodder problems for which we need the drawings from home.
We recon we will be here for an other fortnight before starting off. The area is very nice with boating activities as main occupation. It is lovely spring with new foliage on the trees and colourful birds different from our european ones. We are staying at a lovely B&B run by a delightful British couple. we are being spoiled and it is very enjoyable..
Now I must go down to the sea again...................

Hi,
Just a few photos to let you see what it is like in Deltaville VA. US.

Winery visit!

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The weather is improving, the cicadas are singing and the swallows are here. The dogwood are beautiful with their white blossom and a sort of wisteria with its blue blossom grow wild in the woods. I have seen bluebirds, mucking birds, the bright red cardinal, and an osprey was flying off with a big fish in its claws along the river. Yes, this is the land of wine and honey. God's own country! but don't tell George Bush or he'll say that he made it!
Yesterday I went with Jill , our B & B hostess along to a winery for a gathering of the local tourist board.The vineyard was almost two hours drive away. I enjoyed the ride through the Virginian countryside in the spring sunshine, over bridges and along beautiful country lanes. The vineyard was a nice rural farm with a small visitors center where the meeting took place.
I found the experience almost surreal, as people asked me weird questions and thought my name was strange, that I had sailed across the Atlantic was amazing, and that I was making Birch sap wine in Scotland was equally strage. However the wine tasting and the spread of food was good.

Deltaville, VA

Det er stadig tåget og ikke så varmt som første dag, men solen brænder forhåbenligt snart igennem, for her er virkelig noget så dejligt. Fuglene synger og som sagt er de helt anderledes end hjemme. Der er en knald rød Cardinal fugl og en Bluebird, en Muckingbird og finker, duer, og så Orsprayen, som vist nok er havørnen, der i går fløj af sted med en stor fisk i kløerne. Træerne er ved at springe ud og der er mange farver i naturen. Dogwood er et træ fuldt af små hvide blomster, noget så flot. Blåregn vokser som ukrudt på skovens træer......................... og det regner med mælk og honning. This is Gods own country! But dont tell George Bush!

Igår var vi med Jill af sted i bilen til Newport News, 1 1/2 times kørsel herfra for hun skulle til frisør, og David skulle ordne noget med sin mobil telefon. Der er en masse historie fra the Civil war og War of Independence her omkring.
Vi blev løsladt i en stor shopping-mall, og jeg købte tre par bukser og en bluse. Det var altsammen meget billigt.
I dag skal jeg med Jill til en vingård to timers kørsel herfra. Hun skal til en sammenkomst med andre inden for tourimen. Det bliver interessant. David er cyklet hen til båden. Arbejdet der går fremad, og hvis værftet holder hvad de lover så kommer vi nok af sted om et par uger. David har spurgt Jill om vi kan blive boende her en extra uge.Jeg nyderdet mens det varer, det at bo i et dejligt hus, tage brusebad, få morgenmaden serveret osv, osv i stedet for at leve mere primitivt på båden.

Arrival to Deltaville, VA, US

We arrived Friday evening to Deltaville after a very long day. There were no hick-ups during the trip except loosing the luggage between Chicago and Richmond, as two big mammas in the airport told us where to leave our bagage- trolleys and of course nothing happened after that. However all our bags arrived by taxi at 5am next morning.
Deltaville is a small village very spread out on a peninsula, only 1/2mile wide, at the Rappahannock River. There are trees all around, so you don't get the impression of the sea except that almost every house has a boat at the bottum of the garden. Our B&B is Sanderling House, is run very efficiently by a british couple, Jill & Don Walter. The boat-yard is ten minutes away on bicycles, which we borrowed from a friendly chap at the yard.
The weather was good when we first arrived , very mild and pleasant, but now is it cold and rainy like home.
It was good being onboard Aros More again. We thought that we had to do most of the work ourselves, but the yard-owner, Geoff Scroeder, says all is in hand. They will manage both the electrics (isolator and invertor/charger), put in the macerator / toilet- system and do the antifouling. David is sorting out boat survey, getting the liferaft serviced and getting our cruising permit.
So, everything is falling into place and hopefully we get the boat launched soon.

Amkomst til Deltaville,VA. USA In Danish

Vi ankom i aftes hertil Deltaville efter en lang lang dag. Alt gik godt. Jeg var meget bange for at bagagen ikke kom med og alt gik godt til Chicago hvor to store sorte madammer sagde at vi bare skulle sætte bagagen på en bagage vogn. da vi kom til Richmond var der bare ingen bagage. Den kom heldigvis kl. fem i morgen. Her er rigtig dejligt og det er meget varmere end hjemme. Fuglene kvidrer og vi har t shirts på. Ved bunden af haven er bugten og der er en lille marina med bro, som der er mange af hele vejen rundt. Der er kun ca 800 beboere om vinteren men masser af folk i sommerhuse og i både om sommerentemperaturen er behagelig, men det bliver rigtigt varmt om sommeren. Folk er vældig flinke og hjælpsomme, og når vi siger at vi er på vej rundt om Atlanten så tror de altså bare ikke rigtigt på os. Vi blev kørt hen til baaden af manden i huset her, og en fyr på bådværftet lånte os cykler så vi nu kører frem og tilbagepå to hjul. Der er ca et par km mellem B/B og værftet. Da vi skulle hjem her til aften åbnede himlen sig og det øsede ned. Folk troede nok at vi var tossede for at to voksne mennesker kører rundt i regnvejr på et par børneykler , det er ikke lige det amerikanerne gør. I aften spiste vi på en lille travl fiskerestaurent i nærheden.
Ha det godt.

Getting organized to leave Scotland.

I have just been linked up to Arosmore homepage which is quite an achievement so I can tell you my side of the story.
it is cold and blustery in Scotland but I am about to go out and plant my ten tomato plants in the greenhouse. David planted potatoes yesterday and he has cut the grass twice.There is still snow in the hills!
In three days we fly out to Virginia US to stay in a B&B for a couple of weeks while we get Yacht Aros More ready for launching.
We have a lot of last minute things to organize and do. We'll get there!