Bayside Marina On King's Creek In The Town Of Cape Charles
For many of our customers looking to buy boating real estate on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, finding a home for their boat is as important as finding a home for themselves. Well….nearly. Being a peninsula , with the Chesapeake Bay to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Eastern Shore of Virginia features mile upon mile of saltwater coastline. It’s a boater’s dream location !! From the normally calm waters of the Chesapeake Bay to the deep swells of the Ocean, there is a type and depth of water to suit every boater’s requirements. Our customer’s watercraft range from deep keeled sailboats to kayaks and everything in between including yachts, smaller power boats, flat bottom scows, pontoon boats and canoes. And every boater wants to find a nice, comfy home for their boat.
The three obvious abodes include: 1) A marina 2) Your own backyard dock or 3) On a trailer in your yard . Fortunately, the Eastern Shore is well equipped for any and all of those options. Which option one selects usually depends on boat size and your real estate budget.
Seaside Marina In The Town Of Willis Wharf
Marinas are an easy choice for any boat owner because they are so convenient and because they can normally accommodate any size boat. In Northampton County, two excellent Bayside marinas are located in Cape Charles and the tiny town of Willis Wharf on the Seaside features a Seaside marina. Plus an 86 slip private neighborhood Bayside marina for residents and guests only is offered in a tiny community near Cape Charles. (On the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the main north-south highway is Lankford Highway, U.S. Rt. 13. Everything on the east side of the highway is referred to as “Seaside” and everything on the west side is referred to as “Bayside”. ) The Bay Creek marina, located at the mouth of King’s Creek as it meets the Chesapeake Bay, is a new, full-service, state of the art facility. Named by Southern Boating Magazine as one of its “Top Ten To Visit”, it features floating docks and can accommodate boats up to 150 feet, with water, electricity, fuel and the Complete Angler, a well-stocked marine store on-site. Perfect for any boat and within an easy 15-20 minute drive from almost any property in Northampton County. A great home for boats !
Berthing Her At Your Backyard Dock
Next place to consider is keeping your boat at your own backyard dock. This is where the keel meets the water, so to speak, because unless your boat’s home is more important than your own home, it is critical to match your boat to your property and not vice versa. Many a customer has come down looking to buy a lot or house on the Eastern Shore of Virginia thinking they must have at least 3 feet at MLW to accommodate their current boat. But then they fell in love with a home that offered only 2 feet at MLW and was not suitable for that particular boat ! Ah, well … so my advice in these instances is that unless one is going to be on the boat more than in the house then it’s better to go the marina route or get a different boat, one better suited to the backyard home you can provide for it. Tough advice but someone has to offer it !
A Trailered Boat Goes Everywhere, Fast
Another very popular option here is to house your boat on a trailer which can be kept in the yard or garage and pulled to whichever spot is hot that day. In Virginia, a boat up to 28 feet can legally be trailered on the highway and a great many very nice boats fit into that category. This option is especially popular for those ardent fishermen ( or fisherpersons) who often times want to launch on the Seaside rather than Bayside or the other way round. Trailering to the preferred boat ramp can save a lot of time and distance. Fortunately, we have at least eight different boat launch ramps in Northampton County ranging from the excellent Bayside ramp at Kiptopeake State Park which puts you right where the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean merge all the way up to the Seaside ramp at the Willis Wharf marina at the northern end of the county. Obviously, home, home on its trailer is often a good solution too.
So rest assured, if you’re considering buying property on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and having it as your home port, there are a lot of good options here for berthing your boat. And with hundreds upon hundreds of miles of Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean and saltwater inlets to cruise, we are a boater’s dream come true. Come on ashore, matey, and we’ll show you some great homes for sale for both you and your boat !
How many tens of millions of toddlers over the ages may have sung this Mother Goose song, I wonder ? At any rate we have do have a Muffin Man— well, actually a Muffin Lady— right here on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. And you’ll find Beth Flynn, in her sweet glory, not in Drury Lane, but in the Yellow Duck. That would, of course, be The Yellow Duck Bakery Cafe on Main Street in Exmore, Virginia.
Watching calories or sugar ? Not to worry — you can choose from their three no-sugar varieties, including the “Morning Muffin”, my husband’s favorite. I, of course, have many favorites. Quack, quack, quack ! Hard to choose between the cranberry orange, the blueberry crunch, the lemon poppy or the toasted almond, maybe pumpkin with a cream cheese filling. And when one cannot decide, there is only one solution — just get one of each ! ( Which is why I try not to drop by Yellow Duck too often– too much temptation, too little will power ! ) And when I arrive at the office toting a large white bakery box with a Yellow Duck sticker, you should see the anticipatory grins and the eager outstretched hands — – it’s a Muffin Morning at Blue Heron Realty Co. , the start of a quacking good day !
