It was hazy, a little fog on The Shore, as we set out for Cape Charles. We had an easy exit from Norfolk Harbor, past Fort Monroe and the Thimble Shoal lighthouse. It was a close reach, 40 degrees off the wind but there was enough wind to do it. We had a double reefed
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h mile 50- mile 1.5 Our destination was Portsmouth. The wind would be favorable for a sail across the Chesapeake tomorrow morning. We got in touch with Bruce, who lives in Portsmouth and made a plan to go to dinner if we got there in time. It was a 50 mile trip and there were
mile 136-mile 50 86 miles was an ambitious undertaking. Features of this journey were the Pungo River-Alligator River Canal, fondly known as the “long straight,” the Alligator River and Bridge (old and new), the Albemarle Sound and The North River. The Alligator River and North Rivers had anchorages in case we did not feel like
mile 202-mile 136 We had a plan for leaving the dock. I would hold the bow in while David backed out, then we would turn and go out forward. We backed out fairly straight, then the bow swung in and the stern out. David changed the plan to back out into the channel and point
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mile 244.5-202 We were the first boat out of the anchorage at first light. The Nordic tug Swell followed us. The mud on our anchor was impressive as we pulled it up. We headed out toward the Onslow Beach Bridge. This area, including our anchorage and the bridge is home to Camp Lejeune. The marines
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mile 311.4-244.5 Today, we were back to dealing with bridges. There were some tricky current areas as well. We left Southport before sunrise. Our first challenge was Snow’s Cut, a narrow channel between Southport and the Cape Fear River, and Carolina Beach. The cut has a bridge at the north side which is fixed. but
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mile 357- mile 311.4 The next stretch was not far and again we wanted to go further but a cold front was on the way and we were perhaps due for some north winds and rain in the afternoon. We decided to try and tuck in before the weather. It was hard to determine how
mile 403-357 From Winyah Bay, we entered the PeeDee River which flows into the Wackamaw River past the little town of Georgetown, SC. The landscape quickly changes to swamp land with beautiful marsh with green grass and Cypress trees laden with Spanish Moss. It is beautiful and so different. It looked like the perfect place
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We decided on Winyah Bay for our next stop. Southport would be an overnight and we were keeping our options open on that but it would be a downwind sail and that was not always pleasant. We left the harbor in the morning. Two large container ships were passing one another in the channel as
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We had booked the megadock for two nights. We left the battleship anchorage in the early afternoon and headed over to the Charleston City Marina. It is race week in Charleston so many small boats were practicing and sailing in the harbor. We made our way easily. They originally had us in a spot between
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