We were up early and began our journey at 7:30, we planned
to travel 48 miles today and 46 tomorrow. Well we finished our 48 miles for
today at 1:30 and did not want to stop. Fairly strong winds from the west today
that caused some rocking and rolling on our north bound legs. Carol was a bit
under the weather this morning and rested some while we traveled. We decided to
do an additional 28 miles to an anchorage on the Alligator River. We traveled
today with Tanuki, they had anchored in our proposed spot previously so we
adjusted our plan and traveled onward. We arrived at the Deep Point anchorage
about 5:00 but we were not happy with the protection the anchorage offered if
the winds increased. After some discussion, we changed our plans again to stop
at the Alligator River Marina which I thought was about 5 additional miles.
Whoops no, actually an additional 18 miles and when traveling at 8 miles an
hour that adds another 2+ hours to our day. Well we actually saw the sun set at
8:06 as we pulled into the marina. An easy docking was a blessing after a 13
hour day, total travel distance 89 miles. We will have a good nights sleep in a safe, calm marina, priceless.
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| A sailboat regatta in Belhaven |
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| TowboatUS heading to work |
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| Pretty 25 mile channel between the Pugo and Alligator Rivers |
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| TowboatUS hard at work, boat was aground on tree stumps |
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