Our first night out in Coinjock was uneventful, surrounded
by Power boats. Jade E a 42’ Sealine was the power boat we rafted with, her
owner taking her south for winter. 7 am came with a rumble, rock and grrrr of
bow thrusters, the race was on for the power yachts to see who could get away
first. It was a little amusing as we were cheek to jowl on that dock. One 60’
boat hit a 54’ yacht the captain shouting as he sped away “let me know how much
the damage is and I send you the money”. The person on the boat (we think a
delivery crew) did not even look, to busy trying to make their speedy escape.
Now here is my expertise showing, one of the metal sticky up poles with the
wires that kind-of looks like a silly version of a fishing pole was bent. As we
all know if it is a boat it will cost $1000 to fix. All these boats created wakes and “oh by the
way” we are still rafted to a boat. Simply amazing.
The day started out cool with a brisk breeze but when we got
to Albemarle Sound, the weather got rough. Tom took a good soaking when several
waves broke sending water into the boat, yes I got a little wet also, but I was
cowering in a corner. I tried going below but the pitch and roll were so
extreme I was starting to feel a little queasy. I had to cope with the cold
wind, waves and being tossed about in the cock pit with Tom. We finally made it to the Alligator River and safety
in the Alligator River Marina. This is the marina where we waited out Sandy
with Hass and Dotty Royer. We were greeted by Ms. Wanda and staff, fond
memories, good fried chicken, candy and chips stocked up, even got some shells
for Laura. We stayed over an extra day
waiting for the wind to get reasonable again. There were two sailing vessels
from New Bern waiting for a weather turn and we gathered in the captain’s
lounge Thursday night to swap stories, information, good food and some
football.
Friday we had bright orange sunrise, and only a light wind.
Chop in the Alligator River was reasonable so lines cast off, we made a clean
get away. The day was strange, colder that it should have been, the sun hiding
behind thick high clouds. We decided to stop in Dowery Creek Marina, just
outside of Belhaven off the Pungo River. Tomorrow we have the Pungo River,
Pamlico River, Goose Creek, Bay River, finally the Neuse River stopping in
Oriental NC. We may go outside once we
get to Morehead City… who knows…. It’s a boat.
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Not the first loaf of bread, but the first good loaf
of bread |
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You can see how windy it was... trying to take a photo
of the Christmas stocking I finished... it became
a wind sock |
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| replica of light house at Alligator River Marina |
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| this is how choppy it was out in the sound |
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| Alligator River Bridge opening for us |
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| advertisement for the Dismal swamp.... but it is facing the wrong way |
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| Dowery Creek Marina |
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