Day 65 October 28

We appear to be caught between a rock and a hard place and another hard place. The next bridge is the North Topsail Beach Bridge, which is a 3 just like Emerald Isle Bridge. This means that we have to wait untill 3 or 3:30 to go under. 

I decided we should go outside and have a sail in 5 to 10 knots. There is an opening to the ocean just around the corner the New River Inlet. Fortunately I called the Coast Guard. They told me not to do it. The silting is bad and thus the channel is marked incorrectly.

While going north was not really an option I believe the ICW is closed today for a military exercises. This means we have to wait get through the bridge then go 10 miles to an anchorage at Topsail Sound.

We can at least spend the day watching the Marines prepare.