Century Club: Billy Hannigan

Monday, February 3, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
  • That's me
  • That's me on the bow, taking from the Towne Bank building

Got to go tugboating today. Don't get too excited, it's an actual workboat, not a boat where you get a happy ending.

Sunday, February 2, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
  • But why are all the birds gone
  • New decal
  • Still hanging on
  • Thimble Shoals Light
  • Neat root system
  • Someone screwed up, that's a lot of boom

Lonely day on the water, like most of winter.   Had to put a new decal on the BBSA buoy and saw that Thimble Shoals Light is still representing.

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
  • Aventura 37
  • Civil War era Fort Wool

Sailtime called me because they were shorthanded and need help moving this beautiful catamaran.   I had nothing else going on.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
  • Middle Ground Light
  • The new and old USS Enterprise
  • The JRB

Absolutely beautiful day down in the southern Bay.    Trained in Hampton with the auxiliaries.   Then took a jaunt up the James River to the Pagan River.   

Sunday, January 26, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
  • Looking good from the port
  • She's back
  • Cape Charles Light if ya zoom in.
  • Concrete ships at Kiptopeke
  • New 187 gonna be built on that 29' hull
  • Treasure in the bay
  • Harbor seals at the 4th Island
  • Harbor seal on the rocks

187 back in the water after more than 6 months.   Feels good to be behind her helm for one last year.    New port collar, to bad it is a little different color than the starboard side. 

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
  • Ice in the water
  • Have no idea what this craft is for, 65' long
  • Another derelict heading for the landfill
  • 187 is back

Temps took a dive into the extremes.    Forecast is for snow.   If I wanted weather like this I would have moved North.

Sunday, January 19, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
  • Waiting for the Black Pearl to emerge from the fog
  • Lynnhaven entrance

Was looking forward to some low visibility, actually no visibility, training in the fog.    But the gremlins had other plans.   Got out in the middle of the Bay when the radar went kapoot.    Limped back to Port being extra careful not to become a statistic.

Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
  • Thanks to the fisherman for providing as with seafood
  • Hampton Yacht Club
  • Come on guys, let me know and I'll replace needed equipment

Had a chance to get some training in with the new auxillary to get them ready for the Search and Rescue Forum next month in Hampton.

Monday, January 13, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
  • Hampton University
  • Safe Harbor Bluewater
  • My buddy
  • The Atlantic was very nice but still no whales
  • Yours truly

Going to get spoiled if we keep having pretty days like this in the winter, unlike the North Atlantic this time of year.

Sunday, January 12, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
  • CH Buoy
  • The Cape
  • Cape Charles Light
  • Tom Cruise Bridge
  • Fake Cape Charles Light
  • Cool boat
  • A beauty
  • Welcome Back Guys.

First day out on the southern Bay.   Weather has been absolutely crap and today was halfway decent, but very cold.    Went out to the CH Buoy looking for those elusive whales.   No such luck.   Then ran about 4 miles offshore all the way to Wreck Island, nothing but birds.      Went into Cape Charles to look at boats.    Made my was back across the bay via a patrol along the CBBT.   Saw some harbor seals at the 3rd Island.   Made it into Little Creek where I see my dockmates made it back safely from the Bahamas..... Silly them, I would have stayed. 

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