Sunday, March 15, 2009
15 Mar - Day #11. Rain and fog, about 100 yards visibility. Sound our way out of the anchorage. Using the the high def radar to keep us aiming straight down the Pungo Canal. At 1445, about 1 mile north of ICW sm160, Nellie veers right followed shortly by the 5.5' shallow water alarm. As we angle back to deeper water at reduced RPM, we bounce off the bottom--John was at the helm. We've initiated a new program: he who hits the bottom buys/makes dinner. While underway we get the ham high frequency (HF) radio installed. After some stateside contacts John gets 9A9A in Zagreb, Croatia. Guess everything is working ;-) Drop the hook just outside the harbor in Oriental, NC. John buys dinner. 66nm today: 295nm total. DBH
