Passing under the not so tall bridge

June 15 - 8:45 AM Well, the first part of the difficult day has been accomplished. We made it under the one bridge on the ICW that everyone says is not quite the right height. It was a major factor in our decision to stay the extra day in Belhaven. Once again, Mike made the boat dance under the bridge. We did scrape the antennae this time. As you may know, bridges seem to always hang the navigation light right at the highest point. That means we need to dance the mast around that light while not banging the boat on the side of the bridge! It can be quite a harrowing experience because the captain must watch ALL of the boat including the mast. We all try to help, so it must be exciting for Mike to hear watch the bow, watch the stern, watch the mast, look out on the port side, boat approaching from behind.... All while he is trying to dance that mast around the navigation light. I, for one, am becoming quite tired of bridges. We do owe thanks to Silver Bay, the boat that left Belhaven just before we did. They radioed us with a report on the water level at the bridge to let us know that the height was looking good for us. And now, we are headed down the Alligator River-Pongo River Canal toward the Alligator River Marina. We radioed Silver Bay to let them know we made it through, and we hope to see them at the marina this afternoon.