Across the Albemarle Sound

An early departure from Elizabeth City in a lifting fog bank gave us this view of a blimp hangar and some blimps along the Pasquotank River.

After a gusty sail across the Albemarle Sound we approached the swing bridge on Alligator River cautiously as some sailors we met at Elizabeth City warned us about some new shoaling and to pay close attention to the markers.

We made it without incident through the swing bridge and began our sail down the Alligator River.

The Alligator River is desolate without even much cell phone service for most of the length. Apparently the military uses the area for practice as we saw the jet fighters below for at least an hour as we slogged along southward.

At the lower reaches of the Alligator River we turned into the Alligator/Pungo River Canal with hopes of making it to Belhaven for the night.

As the sun was getting low in the sky, we chose not to go to Belhaven but called the Dowry Creek Marina for a slip for the night. We were pleased we did as the Dowry Creek Marina was a very nice marina with a pool, clean facilities, fuel, etc.

We spent the night here in the peace and quiet surroundings of Dowry Creek.