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164 [[underline]] Oct. 22, 1925. [[/underline]] Left 6:30 Lowering barometer. Stormy. Southerly breeze, then rain rather rough water. Arrived Norfolk. 9:45 AM after filling with gasoline [[strikethrough]] anchored [[/strikethrough]] ^[[moored]] in "The Hague". Rain. [[underline]] Crossingham [[/underline]] arrives in the [[underline]] Irene [[/underline]]. The "Hague" is pretty well filled up. Phoned to George Baekeland at New York office. He says everything is going well and I should not worry. So decided to continue further. Very [[underline]] cold and windy [[/underline]]. At night light [[underline]] frost.ͯ [[/underline]] [[underline]] [[strikethrough]] Oct 24. [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Oct 23]]. [[/underline]]Bright sunny and calm. Left for trip thru [[underline]] Albemarle Canal. [[/underline]] Beautiful weather. Light winds. [[underline]] Best day [[/underline]] I had thus far on this trip. Anchored in [[underline]] New River. [[/underline]] First evening [[end page]] [[start page]] 165 I needed [[underline]] no stove. [[/underline]] Tomorrow comes Pamlico and its cursedness ^[[underline]] [[Oct 24. [[/underline]] Morning pleasant]] [[strikethrough]] In the [[/strikethrough]] Afternoon we had some [[strikethrough]] of it [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Pamlico weather,]] with [[underline]] choppy beam seas [[/underline]] and strong rain. Made for anchorage over night at [[underline]] Wyesockery Bay. [[/underline]] Wind and rain unceasing over night. Oct. 25. [[underline]] Wind increasing develops to a full galeͯ [[/underline]] [[vertical annotation in left margin]] ͯ Later on learned in the papers that it was a 75 mile gale which did much damage along the coast [[/vertical annotation]] Sunny and pleasantly warm. 75°F. Anchor dragged. Put out two anchors. [[underline]] Oct. 26 Storm abated [[/underline]] but still cloudy. Left at 6 AM for [[underline]] Beaufort. [[/underline]] Arrived there at anchor about 3 P.M. Several other Yachts waiting there. Learned from papers that [[underline]] storm of Saturday [[/underline]] and Sunday ran a 75 mile gale which did [[underline]] much damage everywhere along the coast. [[/underline]] Sent telegram to Celine and to George