Second Day on the Loop, same Marina, but with a change of views! Chris, co-owner Custom Canvas (C2), came by around 7:00am this morning to take our Lanai canvas door to his workshop to make repairs to the torn canvas around the bottom dot-snaps. He wasn’t due back until noon.
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| Stingray Point Lighthouse Replica |
Linda and I took a walk over to Stingray Point Marina where there is a replica of the Stingray Point Lighthouse. The old lighthouse is “an exact, full scale recreation of the Stingray Point screwpile lighthouse, built in 1858 and demolished in 1965. It was located 1.8 miles [statute] due east of this spot and marked with the shoal extending from Stingray Point, dividing the Rappahannock and the Piankatank Rivers. Stingray Point was named by Captain John Smith during his exploration of the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. John Smith was actually stung by a stingray so severely he thought he was going to die and gave instructions to his crew regarding the disposition of his body. Luckily the locals (Indians) were able to apply their medicine and avoid that scenario! Afterwards we returned to plan our options if we left Dozier’s shortly after noon or if we would be better to stay another night. As it turned out we decided to stay another night. With the Monk-fest (about 20 Monk vessels coming in to Dozier’s) we needed to relocate to the outside wall for the night. Jimmy apologized so many times, we started feeling bad about our extended stay.
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| Sunset |
We have an early start and long day tomorrow.
