"2004 From Coinjock to Great Bridge - the Last Time" Coinjock Travelogue by grandmaR

Crossing the ALbemarle

The Albemarle has Chesapeake type little square waves, and we spend our time crashing into them, with spray going up onto the dodger. Winds are about 20 knots. Inside the North River, the water flattens out some, but the winds are still 16-17 knots.

Fixed bridge and hurricane damaged sign

We went under the fixed Coinjock bridge. We still see signs of Hurricane Isabel.

Marina office

We got to Coinjock and tied up at the Midway Marina at 1415 after a trip of 36.4 sm. This marina is much nicer than the Coinjock Marina. Bob washes the dodger and enclosure and the boat, and then does a wash.

Catamaran in front of Crabby's

We ate at Crabby's. The owner is from Crisfield. Crisfield is the crab capitol of the world. There's a catamaran tied up right in front of the restaurant

Mallard babies

We watched the mallards and ducklings out the window while we ate. There seemed to be 2 mothers and about 12 little ducklings. They are swimming around like little water bugs in the little side canal, and then they are up on the ground outside the window running around. One of the mothers is in the water like a life guard, and the other mom is up with the ducklings. There seem to be a LOT of male mallards which are pursuing the smaller number of females resulting in a lot of quacking.

RosalieAnn at the dock

I went up and sent the last (unfinished) email very quickly before the dock person left at 1900. There are other boats here now. MAJIK III, GOLDEN DRAGON (a double ender) and ANTARES (red hull).

Leaving the marina

Bob turned the engine on at 7. All the boats at this marina except ANTARES who is docked right behind us have left, and even some of the power boats across at Coinjock have left. We aren't going very far today, so we don't have to leave at the crack of dawn.

We are only going as far as Great Bridge