Didn't post yesterday becasue we had no signal where we anchored, at the North end of the Alligator Pungo Canal at Tuckahoe Point. Had a decent cruise across the Neuse River after being beaten up the day before, we left at 12 noon and cruised till dark, just making it to the anchorage with a little light left. Today, we left at 0500 and traveled across the Albamarle, the forecast was 10 - 15 knot winds, they were 24, and the waves, well, they were supposed to be 2 - 3 and they were 4 - 5 which, given the right direction would be fine but they were on the beam so I did a lot of hand steering keeping the big ones on the nose and then turning us toward our destination when the seas were less, this worked ok execept for one wave and one crap pot, they both arrived in my path at the same time and I turned right (because the pot was easier to avoid turning right) and the wave smacked us directly broadside, rolled us pretty good and made Bessie (and me) unhappy. That was the only wave that treated us so badly then we moved through to the Pasquatank River and it was smooth cruising, 2 footers. We stopped on the Dismal for the night, tomorrow will br completing the dismal, fueling and staging for the last leg up the Chesapeake to the Great Wicomoco River, can't wait. This si too much like work!!!