Prime 11

We bid a fond farewell to New York early Sunday morning. Not many of the ferries are running yet so the New York Harbor is relatively calm. We enjoy a very scenic cruise on this beautiful day and see additional interesting sights of New York and New Jersey that we didn’t see by land. Further…

We start off bright and early from the marina at the Golden Nugget. It looks like a beautiful day to head to NYC. However, the clear blue skies quickly disappear under an all encompassing fog. Unfortunately, the fog stays with us for the majority of the trip. Captain Tom says it was the thickest he…

Our journey from Cape May to Atlantic City was about 45 miles. Captain Tom did not have our spot tracker on, so the actual route was not recorded for this leg of our journey. As we near the Atlantic City coastline, we see the Coast Guard practicing rescues. We arrive to Atlantic City and head…

Our journey on Sunday takes us approximately 45 miles up the Atlantic Coast into Cape May. The ocean was not as calm as the day before (3 ft. following sea), but we managed fine. Goal was to beat the weather system that is headed our way on Monday, which will definitely stir up those white…

After six weeks at home and beyond, we have come back to Hampton Virginia to board Prime 11 once again. Of course, I would be an awful Nana if I didn’t share a few pictures of our wonderful week in South Haven, Michigan with our beautiful family. (If only we could have teleported Prime 11…

Friday, June 3rd (not the 13th, but should have been) we leave Coinjack Marina and head to Hampton, VA. The journey will be about 60 miles, involving 4 bridge openings and a lock. It is a beautiful day as we leave Coinjock via the North Carolina Cut. We leave bright and early, as do all…

Todays journey will be 85 miles, covering several bodies of water in the ICW. We will start in the Pungo River in Belhaven, then journey into the Pungo River-Alligator River Canal to the Alligator River then to Albesmarle Sound and finally into the North River to our destination of Coinjack Marina. The river and canals…

Over the next three days, we will be making our journey to Norfolk, VA, stopping twice along the way. Our first stop will be Belhaven, NC. It will be approximately 70 miles through the ICW. We travel through some canal like waterways, but for the most part, it feels more like an open water run….

Monday, Memorial Day, we leave Wrightsville Beach and will travel 80 miles to Beaufort City Docks in Beaufort, NC. We will travel this distance offshore. We arrive in Beaufort just in time for lunch at Clawsons, one of the few restaurants that are open this Memorial Day. We quickly realize that our first order of…

Because of the all day rain and wind conditions on Friday, we stayed in Southport until Saturday. Our trip will be a short one today, about 22 miles. By waiting until Saturday, we broke one of our cardinal boating rules, which is, don’t travel on weekends, ESPECIALLY holiday weekends. Everyone and their friend, brother, sister,…