We are anchored in Fishing Bay, in the town of Deltaville in the state of Virginia. It is about a quarter of the way up the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in the Piankatank River. (Pee-on-ka-tonk) (Has there ever been a place name name more fun to say than that?) A bucolic location if there ever was one. Not really anything of great interest around, it is just pretty enough to be one of our go-to anchorages.

Our plan to drive a bit out of the way to avoid the worst of what was hurricane Idalia worked perfectly. The local forecast includes only modest amounts of rain, and winds of less then 30 knots. The bulk of the storm will be significantly south of us with a closest approach tomorrow afternoon.

You may remember our posting a short while ago about our aborted delivery of a Hylas 54 our of Florida due to a lightning strike. The boat has been patched up, and is actually right now about 14 miles away. We will be heading over to that location this weekend to do some basic skills training with the new owner. That’s always a fun time.

We are still hopping to find a weather opportunity to run offshore and get some fishing in, but with the current level of tropical storm activity, that is looking less likely. If that doesn’t happen, there are still huge sections of the Chesapeake we have yet to explore.