Winds NNE@7kts, partly cloudy and 65 degrees at 0600. We ended up sleeping there all night which was better than in the
boat. I felt better when I woke up at 5:30 and the water was calm.
Knowing the wind would pick up as the morning went on, we shoved on at 6:30
am, earliest we left so far but it gets light here at 5:30. By 7:30 the winds were NNE at 10-12kts with some white caps and 2-3 ft., swells on the nose, able to hold 4 kts. 1400-Stopped in Belhaven at River Forest Marina for gas and topped off the main tank since no gas available for the next 85 miles. Visited with other boaters just coming into the marina, met a young couple (50's) from Monticello, Minn that had just bought a trawler and planning on doing the loop, taking it to Norfolk I believe and leaving it there while they went back to Minn. Nice trawler named Doughtery. Finally left at 1530, dock master had tied us up as he thought we were spending the night, we thought he understood we were just getting gas, he wasn't too happy with us.
1730-Anchored at Upper Pungo River Canal. No anchorage along the canal and too far to make it tonight so pulled into a small waterway that 3 other boats anchored in, went around a couple of bends found a secure spot mostly out of the wind and set anchor.
1900-Wind dead calm, beautiful sunset and spot., water like a mirror.
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