A small glitch during our shake down cruise

Friends, a funny thing happened on the way to the Bay Bridge. Our final test cruise was rudely interrupted by the appearance of the USS Alexandria (nuclear attack submarine) and an overzealous swarm of patrol boats. We were advised to clear the area, and armed with only a nerf football and fly swatter we chose to break off this unequal engagement. We also wonder whether our friends in the US Navy will be this accessible should we run into pirates off the coast of Venezuela.....our guess is that "Big Al" doesn't venture too far from the bars in Annapolis. We leave for Hampton in 4 days; the jumping off point for the Caribbean 1500.