Day 2…..Locks of Luck

The night at the lock was peaceful and we caught the 8:00 bridge opening. The plan was for a late lunch at Coinjock and then continue on 12 more miles to an anchorage just before the Albemarle. It didn’t go as planned .

About 3 miles from Coinjock Greg drifted slightly to the edge of the channel according to his Garmin chart plotter and we ran aground. The plotter still show us in the channel but the depth was like 3.5 ft. Grey Fox draws 6ft.

I got my IPad out and checked Aqua Map which shows high detailed depth from Army Corp of Engineer surveys. Yes, sure enough the water was shallow. 


Understand we did not see this view until we were aground. All future travels this app will be running.

We tried raising the sails and motoring but no luck. Greg had Tow Boat insurance so after getting no where for an hour, he call and they were there in less than an hour. The guy with a 300Hp outboard had no trouble dragging us the 10 ft over to the channel.

The 2 hour delay changed our plans to spending the night in the low rent district of Coinjock. They put late arrivals on the old abandon marina on the wrong side of the channel. We dinghied over to the restaurant and I had their world famous 16oz prime rib.


After dinner we showered and planned for our next day South.

2nd day 34 nmiles

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