C-Brats: Coinjock to Currituck Sound to Portsmouth

We all awoke early (for me, 8am is early) to get a jump on the Currituck Sound which can be rough even on good days, but winds were scheduled to pick up later in the morning.  First, though, we had to have breakfast.  Our chef, David, had prepared delicious pancakes (made with $6 half gallon of milk from Coinjock Marina's store), fried ham steaks, pineapple... and Joan had made cinnamon sauteed apples.  Yum!

Then we were on our way:

Alma's Only

A beautiful yacht aptly named "GEM"

The "Great Lock" was much more modern, with built in bumpers, and a very smooth ride. "Easy Peasy"

Our Fearless Leader Commander Steve

We made great time until we got stuck waiting for this bridge to open... we sat for an hour and a half as the bridge announced by recording that it would open "momentarily".  Other boats had already been waiting an hour before we got there.  The good news was that Bruce from "River Hourse", who had missed a prior bridge opening, caught up with us... but that's a story for the next post.

Coinjock NC

Portsmouth VA