We departed from Ocean Marine this morning at 0650 with Coinjock, NC as our destination for day. It was raining and cold…. Not as cold as it has been but cold never the less.

We had several bridges to go through but only few of them would slow us down… the first possible slow down would be the railroad bridge directly adjacent to Gilmerton Bridge. It is an automated bridge and closes for 15 to 20 minute periods when a train is coming. Today we were not affected by it…. No trains.

Next bridge is the Steel Bridge… this year it was gone and had been replaced by a new high rise bridge… sailed right through it…very nice.

Following this come the Great Bridge Lock and Great Bridge Bridge… there’s no missing these… however they are coordinated locking and opening so when you lock through you go right out and the bridge is ready to open… takes a little time for the whole process but 40 minutes after entering the lock we were clear of the bridge… We locked through with a sailboat and a small barge and push tug.

The next two bridges are the one that opening schedule slow us way down… the Centerville Turnpike Bridge is the first one we come to… it opens only on the half hour… and is just over 2 miles south of the Great Bridge Bridge that you pass through on the top of the hour… have 30 minutes to about 2 miles… that’s about a 5.5 knot pace or you sit and wait at the bridge… we passed through it a 0930.

The come the North Landing Bridge that is about 5 miles south of the Centerville Bridge… it opens on the hour and half hour… we can’t make the 5 miles in 30 minutes so we have to slow way down to transit the distance over an hour period… 4.5 knots… we passed through the North Landing Bridge at 1030.

From this point we have free sailing… no bridges. Today we have seen a few boats heading south… nice to see other boats heading south… no fishermen at all today.

We arrived to Coinjock at 1415 and were securely docked at Coinjock Marina at 1420. Our position tonight is N36°21.0', W075°56.878'. We traveled today for 7 hours and 30 minutes covering 47.6 nautical miles averaging 6.4 knots.