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Choose to sail
milepost 5003/31/2009, Elizabeth City, NC
At the mouth of the Alligator River, we had the choice of taking the Virginia Cut route or the Dismal Swamp Canal. Since we have done the Dismal Swamp Canal the last two times through, we had hoped to do the Virginia Cut. But once we got to Albemarle Sound, the choice was either bashing into waves in one direction or sailing on a close reach in the other. So we are now anchored at Elizabeth City on the Dismal Swamp route, again, after doing a nice sail across Albemarle Sound and then getting to use the spinnaker going up the Pasquatank River as the wind bent around and pushed us up the river.
Pamlico sunrise
milepost 10403/30/2009, Alligator River, NC
In trying to decide how far to go today, we looked back at last year's logbook and saw that we went all the way from Oriental to the other side of the 20 mile long Alligator-Pungo canal, so that was our goal today. We managed to get out of our tight slip at the marina in the calm before dawn. Winds today were mostly 20-25 knots from the west and northwest making for a fast bumpy ride and then wound down to 10-15 knots in the late afternoon. We sailed when the winds were with us and motorsailed when they were against us. We are now anchored at the end of the canal in the North Carolina marshes with no other boats or houses or lights of any kind in sight.
Man's best friend
03/29/2009, Oriental, NC
Ed took a picture of this dog, who has been everyone's friend here at the marina. Ed still says "no" to getting a boat dog (or cat), but he does miss Holly. We both do. We expect the people on "Imagine" have a good vacuum cleaner on board.
03/30/2009 | Dave (dhshan att wm dott edu)
Every marina should have friendly dog. Wormley Creek had one that helped us paint two years ago. Guess he had his fill; haven't seen him yet this spring. .
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