[Kevin's Post]We only made another 30 miles today since the wind was a bit too strong to cross Albemarle Sound (for us anyway). The forecast was for 15-20 knots, but we saw winds 25-30 with a few gusts to 32. So we are anchored at the last anchorage north of Albemarle Sound and plan to cross it tomorrow. From Norfolk south, there are two routes you can take: the Dismal Swamp route and the Virginia Cut route. We've always gone the Dismal Swamp route before so decided to try the other one this time. The Dismal Swamp is too slow for all the big motor yachts, so they all come this way. Every hour a parade of massive motor yachts would blow past us all bunched together due to the bridge timings. You would think that in 20 miles they would spread out, but they don't. I guess one of them decides to go 25 and the rest want to go 26 and they tailgate just like they were in cars. Most of them slow down when they get close to us, but even going slow they throw up huge wakes. And when a bunch go by in succession the wakes seem to build on each other and today we got hit by some big ones. We're in North Carolina now.
Where we are:
Location=anywhere
Lat=36 12.050 N
Lon=75 57.227 W
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