5/29/2025 - Lux to Solomons. Light winds; motored all the way.
5/30/2025 - Light winds again. Solomons to Fishing Bay, Piankatank River. Stormy night at anchor. Implemented several minor repairs to propane stove and plumbing.
5/31/2025 - Spent the day at anchor due to higher winds and thunderstorms.
6/1/2025 - Made it to Norfolk, VA. Motorsailed, then motored. Tied up at the free docks at GreatBridge.
6/2/2025 - Made the 0800 bridge opening and motorsailed to Coinjock. Got off and walked around.
6/3/2025 - Up at 0620 and motorsailed all day to Columbia, NC. The docks there can't handle many wide vessels. The Black Dirt Coffee Shop right is at the dock. There's a nice boardwalk through the nature preserve. Lots of turtles.
6/4/2025 - Calm winds, 72-80F, sunny. Motored to Edenton, NC. Did the trolley tour and some shopping. The wind picked up and we had to move away from the docks - found a nice protected place to anchor a short distance away.
6/5/2025 - Went back to Edenton's docks and visited the bakery for treats. Then left for Mackey's Marina, but found that the power lines were low and the channel into the marina was very narrow. Diverted to Albermarle Plantation. Walked to the golf club house to pick up dinner. Wind picked up again, so we proactively moved to an anchorage.
6/6/2025 - Back to Albermarle Plantation for diesel and water. Motored in light winds to Manteo, NC where we tied up at the Manteo Harbor Marina - very nice with showers and laundry. Grocery shopping within walking distance for reprovisioning. Restaurants and ice cream shop along the waterfront.
6/7/2025 - Craft show in Manteo.
6/8/2025 - Thunderstorms all day, so we stayed in Manteo. Found and fixed a leak around the stbd waste tank deck fitting.
6/9/2025 - 0500 Moved to the pumpout slip, then departed - headed to Elizabeth City. We were able to sail part of the day until the wind died in the Pasquotank River. Briefly tied up at the town free docks, but they are exposed so we moved up river to a nice anchorage spot just north of the draw bridge.
6/10/2025 - Headed up river to the Dismal Swamp Canal Visitors Center dock - about 35 statute miles. Cloudy, sunny, and hot - 87F. Nice place to get off and take a walk around the visitor center park.