Today was a bit of a lazy day as we got underway a bit late
and quit early. We only ran about 3.5
hours through some nasty rainy weather across Currituck Sound and down Coinjock
Bay to the narrow pass where this marina is located. The option to continue on to an overnight
anchorage in this messing weather was not appealing, and the predicted winds at
20 MPH from the east tomorrow will make Albemarle Sound a real bear for anybody
crossing it. So we will depart here on
Monday and expect to see the dying gasps of this system as we head off toward
Morehead City down at Cape Fear. With
diesel prices plummeting in this weird time, we elected to take on 500 gallons
in the boat’s belly tank. Now there will
be no farther need to concern ourselves with how low on fuel the boat may be
when it arrives in Carrabelle at the end of the trip.
About our only excitement today came as we met two US Navy landing
craft (LCUs) apparently ferrying Marine vehicles to Little Creek from the
nearby Marine bases. We met them in the
narrow cut as we exited Currituck Sound and into Coinjock Bay. We were in good water and not hogging the
middle but the first LCU decided to hug the east bank and apparently hit the
bottom. Well, not such a big deal for a
craft designed to run onto open beaches you might think, but looking back we
saw him sideways in the channel as he extricated himself. The following LCU saw this and made a dramatic
turn in our direction to move more to the center of the channel as can be seen below. We all survived.
