On Thursday, August 25, we pulled into Shed #1 at Atlantic Yacht Basin in Chesapeake, VA, Mile 12.6 on the ICW. This was the view from our port side. There were probably 40 boats, some three deep, in the shed with us.

On Saturday, August 27, we woke up to rain and Irene rained and blew all day. We lost power several times but it came back on after an hour or two. Yes, we were lucky. All in all, we rose about 1 1/2 feet; although, we had lines tied every which way for going up or down. Someone out on the face dock clocked winds at 67 mph; however, we didn't feel that since we were in the shed. On Sunday, August 28, Irene was gone -- no wind and bright sunshine. However, we couldn't leave as the bridges north and south are closed to marine traffic, the railroad bridges are all in the down position, and the Great Bridge lock to the north was damaged....