We left Coinjock at 6am on Tuesday 10th
July closely followed and soon overtaken by a tug pushing a barge, in the wide
but very shallow Currituck Sound I deployed the jib refurling when we reached
the narrow and winding North Landing River, anchoring just south of the Pungo
Ferry Bridge at 11.30 am in 2.2m of water and raining.
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| Currituck Sound |
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| Another Osprey |
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| Tug and barge passing at Pungo Bridge |
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| Fauna at Pungo Bridge |
When I woke up on
Wednesday it was raining so I rolled over and went back to sleep; on Thursday
left just after sun-up, we encountered two swing bridges, the first opening on
the hour and the second opening on the hour and half hour, which I missed and
had to mess around for 20mins, and one railway lift bridge tying up at the free
dock in Great Bridge at about 11.30am, just behind a Polish American who has
been plying the intracoastal for many years, lots of stories.
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| Living Wreck |
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| North Landing Bridge |
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| Abermarle and Chesapeke Canal |
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| Centerville Bridge |
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| Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge |
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| Tied up at Great Bridge |
It was very pleasant in Great Bridge but time to move
on again so up and ready for the bridge opening at 8am on Saturday 14th and
into the lock, with a fall of about a foot! After which we had three lift
bridges and three railway bridges (which are usually open) once again I missed
the second bridge unfortunately this one opened hourly, so we had about 40mins
to waste pottering about, fortunately all by ourselves, finally anchoring off Hospital
Point Portsmouth at 12.30pm in 4m in mud which has patchy holding, doing my
best to avoid the inevitable pot markers.
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| Great Bridge |
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| Steel Bridge |
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| Last three bridges |
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| Portsmouth from anchorage |
Close by in the anchorage is a very friendly
American couple who have just bought their cat in Florida and are sailing it
North, with whom I have spent some pleasant evenings.
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| Portsmouth |
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| Light Ship museum |
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| USS Wisconsin |
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| Sunset over Hospital Point |
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| Portsmouth |
Portsmouth is a nice old
town but all the churches seem to be locked, while Norfolk on the other side of
the river is a modern city with its own charm.
One useful contact here is Robert McBride of Mile Marker
0 Marine Supplies, who will source anything and get the best price and quickest
delivery.
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