Many of the Brothers in the Chesapeake Bay Table have boats on which we frequently gather. Before 2009, the boats were kept at various marinas in the area. At one time, Bay Point Marina in Little Creek claimed the largest number of brotherhood boats at four. But our boats were dispersed over six different marinas: One brother was way down the Elizabeth River - it took him two hours to get up the river to the Chesapeake Bay. For the Brothers at Bay Point Marina with access only to the Bay, it was messy when the Bay was rough with weather coming out of the north. And, frequently, activities were to the west of Fort Wool - whether the event was in Willoughby Bay, down the Elizabeth River (in between the downtown areas of Norfolk and Portsmouth) or up the James River. So, as is always the case, things changed.
What really set the relocation off where changes going on at Rebel Marina. One of the last family owned and operated marinas, "Rebel" - at the tip of Willoughby Spit, just off I-64 and already the home of two Brotherhood boats - installed floating docks. The new configuration of the docks would give Brother Cruz the kind of room he needed for Orza so he made the move. That got the two Brothers left at Bay Point Marina thinking: there were the location issues; prices there continued to climb while services were diminishing; and parking had become an issue with patrons of the new marina restaurant filling up the parking lot with proximity to the boats. Brothers El Maestro and Upwind contacted Rebel Marina's Dock Master and made arrangements to move.
Meanwhile, Country Boy decided he wanted to come up from the Elizabeth River to be closer to the Bay. There was a flurry of activity in the late part of the winter and by April, everyone had made the move. With the three Brothers already resident there, Rebel Marina is now home to half of the Table's Brothers and their boats. Other boat owners at the Marina are left wondering about the frequently heard "Fuego!" and "Orza!" that emanate from gatherings aboard the seven boats of the Chesapeake Bay Table.
What really set the relocation off where changes going on at Rebel Marina. One of the last family owned and operated marinas, "Rebel" - at the tip of Willoughby Spit, just off I-64 and already the home of two Brotherhood boats - installed floating docks. The new configuration of the docks would give Brother Cruz the kind of room he needed for Orza so he made the move. That got the two Brothers left at Bay Point Marina thinking: there were the location issues; prices there continued to climb while services were diminishing; and parking had become an issue with patrons of the new marina restaurant filling up the parking lot with proximity to the boats. Brothers El Maestro and Upwind contacted Rebel Marina's Dock Master and made arrangements to move.
Meanwhile, Country Boy decided he wanted to come up from the Elizabeth River to be closer to the Bay. There was a flurry of activity in the late part of the winter and by April, everyone had made the move. With the three Brothers already resident there, Rebel Marina is now home to half of the Table's Brothers and their boats. Other boat owners at the Marina are left wondering about the frequently heard "Fuego!" and "Orza!" that emanate from gatherings aboard the seven boats of the Chesapeake Bay Table.
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