I’m a ball of nerves after today’s travels. We covered about 40 miles down the Intercoastal Waterway. The waterway is loaded with bridges, most requiring draw bridge passage. We had several different bridge designs to deal with. We even went through a lock. Three of the bridges were fixed at 65-feet. I carefully measured and YOLO barely slips under them with a few feet to spare.
If the bridges and protocol weren’t enough, the Currituck Sound crossing was enough to unnerve even the locals. We were chased by a storm but it helped our speed. Navigation was quite the experience. The hopeful water depth is about 11-feet but I went through extensive areas of 5.5 to 6-feet where YOLO must have been plowing the bottom. My draft is 5.5-feet. I’m not sure how we made it through without grounding. Grounding is common and it can happen right in the designated channel.
We pulled off at the Midway Marina in Coinjock, North Carolina for the night. We will regroup here and plan ahead for the Albmarle Sound. I looks like we won’t want to tackle that tomorrow do to more high winds. The tides inside these waterways are wind driven, not lunar. So the high winds can push the water out of the large bodies of water and into the tributaries making it too shallow to pass. We’re learning. I must say, this is not fun.
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Sounds very interesting.
ReplyDeleteProbable YOLO crew, Nikki, Dan, Matt and Brandi Lawson and I met last evening. Found out Matt is good friends with the Woodruffs. (his mother was Gale Lawson). Speaking of mother's how is my good friend Bonnie?
I think Matt and Brandi would be a fun couple to have on the trip. Later Lynn