Saturday 10/14/2017 - Deltaville to Portsmouth

We were up very early and planned to be off the hook at 6:30am but got a little delayed.  There were two boats out ahead of us - a large trawler and a large cat.  Our plan/hope was to get to the Salt Pond about 5 miles north of Hampton and right off the Bay.  The winds were from the NNE at about 15.  That would have been fine except for the 50 miles of fetch that made for 3 to 4' swells.  Also, it was from directly behind us so we had to jibe back and forth to keep the sails from flogging from all the yawing and rolling.  What was nice was the current was ebbing the entire time and we made it to Hampton by around 2pm.  So we kept going.  Another plus was that just before we entered Hampton Roads, the current shifted to a flood and we had over a knot of current pushing us into the River.  We checked for marinas and called Ocean Yacht Marina.  They had space but closed at 5.  We were there by 4.  We checked in, ate a snack, showered, and did laundry until about 10pm.