Alligator River
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Fri 3 Jun 2011 16:51
35:56.47N
75:56.2W
Friday 3rd June
2011
Distance run:
42 nmiles
Another very muddy
anchor and chain! First thing on the agenda this morning was the Wilkerson
Bridge which has only 64 feet of clearance and is in non-tidal water so no
chance of getting to it at low tide! We just had to go for it and keep our
fingers crossed. The tallest aerial on the mast pinged the front edge of
the bridge, then cleared the rest and we sighed a big sigh of relief.
Apparently the clearance is sometimes as low as 62 feet when there has been a
lot of rain, so we were glad of the hot, dry weather right
now!
Next we had a slalem
course to avoid tree stumps sticking up out of the water, even in the middle of
the channel at times, so again we had to be concentrating. We sighted a
bald eagle in a tree on the edge of the canal.
A bald
eagle,with white head.
We arrived at the
anchorage late afternoon, and again all gathered on board one of the boats for
drinks and dinner.