We spent last night at the Marina in Coinjock, NC where we enjoyed their signature prime rib dinner. We left Coinjock at 7:15 am and started across Currituck Sound just as a Thunder storm moved through. It rained hard and the lightning took out my masthead weather station. The storm didn’t last long but now I was without my wind speed and wind direction instrument. At 9:50 am we passed under the Pungo Ferry Bridge, the VHF antenna on top of the mast was doubled over and the mast just cleared by no more than an inch or two. The river was definitely high, low tide was predicted at 9:28 am but the local depth soundings were close to 2′ above charted depths. This is the last bridge that I have to worry about as all the bridges North of here are a good 65′ or higher above the water. We raced ahead to catch the scheduled openings of each swing bridge and passed through the Lock in the town of Great Bridge. We arrived at the Hospital Point anchorage in Norfolk at 2:20 pm. It had started to rain again but Demian and James wanted to get off the boat and visit the Naval Museum so I lowered the dinghy into the water and shuttled them from our anchorage across the Elizabeth River to the museum.
