{"id":446,"date":"2022-06-05T22:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/?p=446"},"modified":"2022-06-05T22:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T22:00:54","slug":"belhaven-nc-to-coinjack-nc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"Belhaven, NC to Coinjack, NC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"829\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-61.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-61.png 829w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-61-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-61-768x693.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The river and canals provide the most navigational challenges as the channel is narrow and the boat traffic quite busy.  Everyone must be heading to Coinjack!  Who knew??<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_8673_Trim.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption><strong><em>Here comes Carrie Ann.  This will not be the last time we see her.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/barge.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption><strong><em>Encountering barges, perhaps a little closer than we like!<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/swamp-crabbbers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/swamp-crabbbers.png 904w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/swamp-crabbbers-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/swamp-crabbbers-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/swamp-crabbbers-850x550.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Local crabbers. We are in another world.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pungp-river-alligator-river-canal-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pungp-river-alligator-river-canal-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pungp-river-alligator-river-canal-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pungp-river-alligator-river-canal-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pungp-river-alligator-river-canal-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pungp-river-alligator-river-canal-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pungp-river-alligator-river-canal-850x638.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pungp-river-alligator-river-canal-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Miles of uninhabited river shoreline<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/horsefly.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption><strong><em>She sees us and is licking her lips.  No chance I&#8217;m leaving the air conditioned cabin!<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a 5 1\/2 hour trip, we arrive to Coinjack, a metropolis of 335 people. We need diesel, so first thing, we  fill up at the fuel dock.  Afterwards, the dockhands pull us down the one long dock and tuck us in tight to the boat behind us.  We are one of the first to arrive, but they tell us every night they are full, often having boats rafting off each other.  Tonight, the dock will be full, but no rafting needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/empty-dock-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/empty-dock-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/empty-dock-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/empty-dock-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/empty-dock-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/empty-dock-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/empty-dock-850x638.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/empty-dock-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>12:30 PM<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/all-full-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/all-full-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/all-full-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/all-full-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/all-full-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/all-full-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/all-full-850x1133.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/all-full-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/all-full-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>5:30 PM<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon arrival, we are quickly told that if we want prime rib for dinner, now is the time to order, as they always sell out.  Seems like the thing to do, so the Captain puts us down for two 16 ounce prime rib dinners. Even though prime rib is not my thing, he doesn&#8217;t want me missing out! When in Coinjack, you eat prime rib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/coinjack-marina-restaurant-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/coinjack-marina-restaurant-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/coinjack-marina-restaurant-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/coinjack-marina-restaurant-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/coinjack-marina-restaurant-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/coinjack-marina-restaurant-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/coinjack-marina-restaurant-850x638.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/coinjack-marina-restaurant-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>The one and only restaurant, Coinjack Marina Restaurant<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We finish dinner and head back to the boat.  The Jury is deadlocked regarding the prime rib but we both give two thumbs up to the turtle cheesecake! It will be a long day tomorrow so we head back to Prime 11, which is tugged in tight for the night.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_8710-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_8710-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_8710-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_8710-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_8710-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_8710-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_8710-850x638.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_8710-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em><strong>Prime 11 in for the night<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Onto Virginia we go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions\/457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}