Albemarle Sound to North River

 Got up and it was cold and rocky. The night was calm.  

I hesitated departure until noon, when I carefully weighed anchor as Bellum was a bucking horse.  

I reported the hazards to the float plan and the departure went well.  It was a south wind as expected.  In fact I had slowed my approach to the Albemarle Sound to avoid the north winds. 

I approched the Albemarle Sound and it was rocky.  A sailboat passed me on her Genoa and I was tempted to put mine on but it was too rolly and there were crab pods to avoid. I was chicken!  A little more than half way, the winds lowered to 10 knots and I pulled the genoa, but it was too rocky.  

As I approched the other side, I made a turn to port and the water were calm and I was able to sail for a couple hours in a beam reach / close haul and sailed up until the North River became curvy.  A sailboat motor sailing did pass me.

I sailed up the North River towars Coinjoint and went to Green Island creek to anchor but it was way too shallow and I backed up to Cow Creek about one mile.

I considered staying at Coinjoint Marina for their famous Prime Rib, but at 2.90 per foot, never mind.