Catching up

     We are now in St Michaels, MD. I haven't had the time to update this blog so there's a lot to catch up on.

     After my last post we went to a spot called Pipeline Canal just before Southport, NC. No issues except for annoying crab pots in the anchorage and a number of passes by very loud Osprey helicopters from the Marine Base. We were also happy the UConn WBB team won their game and was going to the Final Four.

     Next up was the Cape Fear River and a major road block for us: Snows Cut Bridge. It's under repair so instead of a 65' clearance it had only 61'. We have a 65' mast. That's an issue. There is a 4' tide there so we had to time our passage for low tide, a little after 10am. We were 30 minutes late but made it through okay and headed to Wrightsville Beach for the night.

     The next days was cold, rainy and windy. Also slow due to current. YUCK. We ended up okay at Camp LeJeune, the Marine Base with noisy Ospreys. Deserve the noise here. We appreciate being able to use the anchorage.

     From there we went past Beaufort, NC (Bo-fert) to Cedar Creek just south of the Neuse River.

     We said we'd never cross the Neuse or the Pamlico in a north wind and here we were again. DOING IT AGAIN! It wasn't as awful as last year but we still had 3-4 ft. seas on the nose with a 15-20 kt wind. Double yuck! But we made it and stopped at the start of the Pungo River, skipping by Belhaven.

     We were up early the next day to go under the Wilkerson Bridge when it turned very foggy in the Pungo-Alligator Canal. We went aground twice in the narrow canal before following a deeper draft sailboat. A half hour of very scary. Even a barge had pulled over to wait for better visibility. It took us 11 hours to get to Coinjock where we could get internet at a marina. Internet to watch UConn beat Notre Dame. Destroy Notre Dame. Yay!!!!

     From there we had a short day to Great Bridge where we tie up to a free dock to get supplies, fuel and access to a bar to watch the last UConn game of the season.

     UConn - National Champions!

     From there we took advantage of a great weather day to go all the way to Deltaville, VA. Then a second good day to get to the Solomons where we tied up to the Jack and Kathy Locher's private dock.

     We spent a few days there due to stormy weather before heading here to St Michaels. We'll probably spend a few days here also before heading to a work stop in Annapolis.