Day 2, 34nm, statue mile 49.2, 193 total miles.
Hurricane Mathew has really disrupted the trip due to flooding. We had to completely skip the Dismal Swamp Canal to go through the Virginia Cut by Atlantic Yacht Basin. Flooding also, lowered the bridge clearances for the first few bridges. A long story, but our mast is taller than we thought. I went up the mast for the first time and removed the wind instruments, thinking that would be enough. We actually touched the bridge just south of AYB and came back and removed everything! Just wires hanging down. Still not enough! Ken Reynolds from Mauna Kea (another boat on the trip) suggested that he and Don hang out on the boom to lean the mast over and made it through the first bridge. The second bridge, Pungo Ferry had even less clearance and we touched the bridge again and turned around. Ken recruited some kids on a skiff to come over and hang on the boom and we just snuck under. Amazing!
Great time to talk about all the great people on the trip. 20 boats with folks from Canada, the northeast, midwest, and east coast. Would not have made it past the second day without Laurie and Ken from Mauna Kea.
Ended up at Midway Marina in Coinjock. 
There are two sites with some information on the trip that are maintained by Wally Moran, our leader. The first is his blog. The link below describes our bridge antics. You can also search for the Sail to the Sun public facebook page, and join that group.
https://bloggingtheicw.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2016-10-27T22:42:00-04:00
