To Norfolk Harbor and Beyond! (Day 011)

From: East River Anchorage, Mobjack Bay, VA MM 172.0

To: Elizabeth Dock, Deep Creek Lock on the Great Dismal Swamp Canal, Deep Creek, VA MM 10.7

L/L: 36 44 75N 76 20 47W

Distance Traveled: 53.1 miles

The Harry Truman and nine other warships were dressed

Weather: Mostly sunny and warm; temp range 60 - 84 degrees; wind generally west 10 knots or less (the predicted blow never materialized)

The Coast Guard was on station while the security fences were opened to permit entry of the returning warships

The harbor was busy with shipping, tug & barge, work and pleasure boat traffic. The container ship “Washington Express” pulled away from its dock as we were passing by. The captain sounded a warning and we did an immediate 180. The captain called on the VHF to ask us to hug the green side of the channel and he would swing by. No problems, mate!

We tied up to Elizabeth Dock immediately after exiting the lock. We joined the crew of C:\[esc] aka Sea Escape and another catamaran. We were joined by a northbound sailboat that passed through the Deep Point Bascule Bridge. We’ll do that bridge tomorrow morning at 0830.