
We were up and moving at sunrise. With only two days left to reach River Dunes, we still needed to cover a total of 134 nm. We passed through Coinjock feeling sorry we didn’t have time to stop at the marina diner to enjoy their famous Prime Rib, maybe next time. The wind picked up a little coming into Albermarle Sound so we raised the sails and picked up a little extra speed. Around noon we heard the unwanted slapping sound indicating we had caught a crab pot and wrapped it’s line around our port prop. Unable to free it, we continued on at a slower speed using only the starboard engine and sails. We arrived at the Washington Braum Bridge a little after 1:00 and noticed the water gauge was only showing about 64′ clearance, we needed 64′ 4″. We circled back around to drop our sails and then proceeded back up to the bridge at a very slow creep. We just cleared with the VHF antenna bent all the way over. That was a close one that could have ended our trip. The good news was that was the last bridge we needed to clear before reaching River Dunes tomorrow. It was dark by the time we arrived at our anchorage at Gull Island. We covered a total of 74.3 nm today, time for a cocktail and dinner.