Just to close the loop on this note that I started...I ended up in
Deltaville, VA at Dozier's Regatta Point Marina
(http://www.doziermarine.com/) and am quite happy with the facilities and the
availability of marine services. Jack Dozier, who publishes Dozier's
Waterway Guide and magazine owns and operates the marina. He's very hands on
and was there was July 4th to check us in.

The marina is relatively new. As a matter of a fact, the dock that we're on
was just constructed and they're still finishing it up. Unlike most of the
marinas in the area, they have floating docks which was important to me if
there was a tidal surge. I'm back in the Boston area and wouldn't be around
to adjust lines.

The marina has nice cruiser amenities. They have a courtesy car, 2 bikes,
the best marina WIFI that I've seen, a nice lounge area with a big TV with
DVD/VHS player and nice clean bathrooms. The whole area is very laid back
and eating out is cheap. We liked it a lot.

There's a large variety of canvas shops in the area. We're employing 3 of
them for all of the work that we need done. We're using Bay Canvas to redo
our salon in Ultrasuede; The Ship's Tailor to for a new bimini, bimini/dodger
insert and a jib cover; and Ullman's Sail Makers for a MackPack (Stack Pack)
main sail cover. They all seemed to do very nice work. We'll see when we
head down after Labor Day to cruise the Chesapeake. There's also a West
Marine and Boat US as well as vendors for every brand of equipment that you
can think of.

The Deltaville area has a ton of boats. I was quoted something like 4000 in
the immediate area. We've contracted with Schroeder Yacht's to haul the boat
in case of a hurricane. They're right next door and we have a spot reserved
in the yard and I feel very comfortable with them.

It's relatively shallow getting in there. We saw 7' at low tide.

If you have questions, drop me a line.

-- Geoff