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What this video covers

The crew of the sailboat Zephyr transits the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) from Chesapeake City, Virginia, to Portsmouth, Virginia, a 10-nautical-mile journey. After passing through the Great Bridge Lock, the vessel docks at the Portsmouth Free Dock, where high tide and protruding metal caps on wooden pilings cause hull damage during arrival.6:45 While moored at the nearby Hospital Point anchorage, a localized thunderstorm with high wind gusts causes a nearby blue Beneteau to drag its anchor approximately 300 yards across the channel.10:12 The dragging vessel collides with a neighboring sailboat, eventually fouling its anchor on the other boat's chain before resetting.11:30 The crew monitors their own position via chart plotter throughout the squall.10:59 The transit includes a visit to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum.6:59

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