Norfolk’s Nauticus Maritime Museum
Monday, June 27 Took the 10 o’clock ferry over to Norfork. We took a tour of Nauticus National Maritime Center The USS Wisconsin an Iowa-class battleship, the second ship of the US Navy...
Category: Shake Down Cruise
Entering Norfolk Mile marker 0 on the ICW
Sunday, June 26 Got the boat ready so that we could make the 10 o’clock bridge opening just north of the marina. The bridge is called the Great Bridge Bridge and leads directly to...
Atlantic Yacht Basin
Saturday, June 25 Left Coinjock Marina at around 9 AM. We were sardined in between two boats bow and stern. The dock hand helped us out by untying the stern line then untying...
Albemarle Sound
Friday, June 24 Left Alligator River Marina at around 8 AM. Got into the Albemarle Sound where there were hundreds of crab pots that are very hard to see. We were glad that the...
Miss Wanda
Wednesday, June 22 Left Anchorage at around 8 AM. Snaked our way back through the crab pots back to the ICW. Had a beam sea all the way through the Alligator River to the...
Anchorage Called Alligator River Cove
Tuesday, June 21 Because of the fact we were at an unprotected anchorage at Belhaven, we did rock ‘n’ roll a little bit through the night. It was not that bad though. We left...
Leaving Whittaker Point
Monday, June 20 Paid our dock fee to Robert, then he and Henry helped us cast off at around 8:30 AM. We had a pretty nice run of about 25 miles on the Nuese...
Church on the Bay
Sunday, June 19 We woke up this morning to find that a sailboat that had been in a slip behind us had sunk in the night. It was sad to see this boat just...
Oriental
Saturday, June 18 Took the courtesy car into New Bern where we walked around the town and went to a farmers market. Cute little town with some good restaurants and shops. This town is...
Whittaker Point
Friday, June 17 Left Homer Smith docks and marina at around 8 AM, right after we got a pump out from Matt. We cruised up to the intracoastal waterway via the shortcut to reenter...