HYC to Great Bridge

Tuesday, November 24, 2020.  Monday was a lay day in Hampton that we used to do some provisioning and visit with family in the warea.  Tuesday morning, With a short day on the water and cool temps, we departed HYC at the civil hour of 9:30 am after the sun had been up a short while to warm the air some. We were able to motor sail some on a reach with the genoa across Hampton Roads.  That was fortunate because we had close to a knot of adverse current.  By the time we reached the Elizabeth River, the wind died and we rolled in the jib.  We were also no longer in an adverse current.

Reached Intracoastal Waterway Mile 0 by 11:20

Just before noon, about 5 statute miles into the ICW, we were being hailed by a Coast Guard boat who wanted to board us for an inspection.

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We continued making our way slowly down the ICW while they did their inspection.  Soon after they departed, we arrived at our first bridge opening, the Gilmerton swing bridge.  

We arrived at the Great Bridge Lock 20 minutes before the 1:30 pm opening for southbound traffic.  Once the gates opened we were the only boat entering the lock and nobody joined us while we waited for the gates to close.

We stopped for the night at the Atlantic Yacht Basin just beyond the Great Bridge Bridge.  We were side tied to the dock right on the canal.  With very little boat traffic, it was a quiet night aboard.