Cruising on Ondine
Sailing with Jim and Shawn
| Vessel Name: | Ondine |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Bristol 39 - 1968 |
| Hailing Port: | Wicomico Church, Virginia, USA |
| Crew: | Jim Lamb, Shawn Lamb |
10 April 2022
Hospital Point, VA
We traveled only about 12 miles from Great Bridge to Hospital Point. We are 0.2 miles from the termination of the Atlantic ICW. We have traveled 1019 miles on the ICW south and 1019 north, plus extensive travels in the Bahamas.
10 April 2022
Great Bridge, VA
We had a nice trip up the Currituck Sound and stopped at the free dock in Chesapeake, VA. The dock is next to the bridge and lock at Great Bridge. It is an excellent lace to get off the boat and walk in the park.
10 April 2022
Great Bridge, VA
We had a nice trip up the Currituck Sound and stopped at the free dock in Chesapeake, VA. The dock is next to the bridge and lock at Great Bridge. It is an excellent lace to get off the boat and walk in the park.
08 April 2022
Broad Creek
Another long day, over 12 hours from Dowry Creek, up the Pungo River, the Pungo River -Alligator River Canal, Alligator River and across the Albemarle Sound.
06 April 2022
Dowry Creek Marina near Belhaven
We left Beaufort at first light and motorsailed our way north. The day started calm and we fought the current up Adams Creek to the Neuse River. We passed Oriental, and kept on truckin'. The wind picked up a bit as we reached the mouth of the river. By the time we exited Goose Creek and entered the [...]
Shroud Cay
Most importantly, the islands and beaches in the Park were spectacular and unspoiled. We stayed for two days in Shroud Cay on a well-maintained mooring. The volcanic origin of the islands is unmistakable. The shoreline is often an unforgiving sharp eroded rock. Where there are beaches, the sand is soft and white. The water of the Exumas is many shades of turquoise, rich and deeply colored.
Shroud Cay has various estuaries that are bordered by mangroves. One of the estuaries cuts the island in two and we ventured down it in our dinghy. It drew a remote and striking picture. We entered on the west side, the Exuma Bank side, and exited on the east or Exuma Sound side. We anchored the dinghy and took a hike up a steep hill of cold set lava to Driftwood Camp. This is a spot created by a liveaboard sailor in the 60's and used by federal drug agents in the 80's who were monitoring airplane drug traffic from Norman Cay. There is still a downed plane on Norman that makes fun snorkeling.
Once back down from the hill, we sat on the beach and paddled in the surf. We made the return trip through the mangroves and Shawn experimented with her snorkel gear.
We returned to Ondine near high tide. We were easy to spot in the mooring field. Most of the other sailboats are catamarans, or 50% bigger, but the dozens of 100-plus foot motoryachts dwarfed all of us.
On the morning of the second day we headed to Hawksbill Cay.
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