Today we are visiting the 140-year-old submarine. You can read about it on Wikipedia. Search for Sub Marine Explorer 1963. They have some interesting information.
This morning at high tide I dove on the sub. It is really interesting seeing the fish using it as a reef. I tried to get inside but there was too much surge. When it is out of the water at low tide getting in through the tower is pretty easy. The inside is amazingly big. You can get around quite nicely. We mentioned the sub on the net last night and another boat decided they would have to come see it. They are part of the group who has been making their way down the east coast this year. They are also pretty good volleyball players.
After showing Steve and Patty the sub we setup the volleyball net and started choosing teams. Courage ended up with Patty and Cassidy, and I was able to recruit Steve. The court is pretty big and it is hard to cover with three players. With two it was nearly impossible. Steve and I worked on our passes and setting each other up. Once we had the ball we did pretty good. The problem was when Courage served he would either drop it over the net, or if we guarded the net, would put it in the back. Things were not going great for us. The score was 15 to 2 when Steve and I finally hit our stride. Defending the court on Courage's serves, we employed Steve's high ground defense system. Since the beach is sloping we would favor the high side. Much easier to run downhill to get the ball then up. We could leave the lower part of the field pretty open and still be able to get to the ball. Slowly we started to make our comeback. In the end we actually were able to pull off a surprising upset by winning the game. With the final score being 21 - 19.
We are anchored between two islands and the current zips through here at close to 4 mph. the sound it makes on the hull is great. It sounds like we are sailing along with full sails. The water is moving so fast there are rapids. I can hear waves outside even though there is no wind.
With a great big hello to all,
Loyal
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