First day ICW 6th of May Beaufort to Snode Creek,6th of May, 48nm
Arendell bridge in Morehead, in front the opening railway bridgein the Gallants channelAdams creekGale creek, the nature was always amazingso pretty, a whole creek just for ourselvesme and my boat🙈still in Gale creekI think that was a little seafood companylast bridge for the day close to Hobucken
Second day Snode Creek to Alligator bridge, 7th of May, 60nm
Goose Creek, early in the morning just after leaving the anchorage still in Goose CreekPungo Riverthe beginning of the Pungo River Alligator River canal, here for a change with two other sailing boatssome houses alongside the canal were quite impressivewe heard there might have been many noseeums/mosquitos going up the coast, so I used the time and sewed some mosquito netsthe scenery was very greenstill in the CanalAlligator Outer Banks, the swinging Lindsay C Warren(Alligator) Bridge, we anchored right after the bridge
Day 3, Alligator Bridge to Dismal Swamp Welcome Centre dock, 8th of May, 52nm
somewhere in the middle of the Albemarie Sound we passed a sunken sailboatPasquotank River, Elizabeth City, Outer Banks, here we passed a hangar for zeppelins , it was also the junction to the Dismal Swamp Canal instead of the other route through the Albermarle and Chesapeake CanalElizabeth CityPasquotank River, Shiloh, right in front of the opening bridge of Elizabeth Citywe just passed through the bridgewe followed the Pasquotank River until we reached the Dismal Swamp Canalthe river meandered through the swamplandhere we just entered the Dismal canal it was a straight long line to followsometimes we passed strange decorationand very seldom housesmost of the time it looked gorgeous like thatSouth Mills lock, we a little early and had to wait for the openingtwo small sailing boats joined us in the lockfirst time since more than 5 years that Altimate was lifted in a lockwater flowed strongly into the lockthe lock master had a chat with the captain behind usand back in the narrower getting canalthis heroin was following us for milesand finally we were docked at the welcome centre of the Dismal Swampthe rest stop
Day 4, Welcome Centre to Hampton, Virginia, 9th of May, 37nm
off we were to be in time for the next lock, on th right the small boat which shared the dock with us for the nightleaving North Carolina this railway did not look like it was still in usewe did not see any rampthe last bit of the canal soon reaching the lockthis was the norther opening bridge right before the northern lockDeep Creek lockSouthern Branch Elizabeth River, Chesapeake, we had left the beautiful swampland and were now in busy land; here we had just missed the opening of the bridge and had to wait for quite some time as it turned out that they had to do some maintenance fortunately it took only about an hour, then the bridge opened again, the bigger bridge was a lifting bridge, impressive!and more bridges to come the landscape swopped from green nature to colourful metalhere close to Norfolk war ships were built and then we made it to pretty Hamptonhere in Hampton we anchored in front of a little park
Day 5, 6 and 7, Hampton to Little Bay, 62nm
Little Bay to Saint Jerome Point, 37nm and further 60nm to Annapolis, 10 – 12.May
just outside of HamptonPoquoson, Chesapeake BayCape Charles, several ships were anchored in the roadstead and we were sailing in betweenWhite Stone, Little Bay our anchorage on the go again, Reedvillea lighthouse in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, Tangier, Saint Jerome Creek, Drayden, our anchorage for that daya beautiful calm place only the entrance was a challenge, very narrow and very shallowthe next day we had left the nice anchorage and soon the weather turned rather uglyit was cold!!!we passed Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse we did not know that it is a National Historic Landmark in the Chesapeake Bay, built in 1875 and that it is the most recognized lighthouse in Maryland.the weather was terrible that day but the rainbow was incredible even a second rainbow appeared close to Annapolis we were greeted by sportive sailing fellowsAnnapolis Roads, Annapolis just before the bridge the mooring field before the bridge , we decided to take a mooring in the calmer area behind the bridgefinally our anchorage at Spa Creek
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