11/7 ● On Our Way to St. Thomas

Hampton was great and the town harbor and marina was a perfect place to get ready – state of the art! We had big fun with Dwayne and Lillian Ross (Pam’s brother and sister-in-law). They showed us a good time and were an invaluable asset in getting us around town in order to provision for the ocean passage. The annual Caribbean 1500 rally–-a group of sailboats that travel en masse from the Chesapeake to Tortola, BVI are here but plan on leaving this morning. We were going to leave with them (about 49 boats in all) but we’ve decided to wait to see whether hurricane Paloma would cross our path. We decide to leave on Sunday. Next stop: St. Thomas.