Wild Ride On Neuse River Near AICW/Bay River Intersection (near Statute Mile 168)
There is a good reson that North Carolina’s Neuse River is known as the second roughest body of water on the Eastern Seaboard, from Maine to Key West! And, Captain Jenkin’s note below is a fine example of this maxim. If possible, do time your passage of the AICW/Neuse River stretch for a day of fair breezes. The filling in your teeth might actually stay in your head.
Subject: Bay River – Neuse River Junction
Cruising News: With NE winds bettween 20 & 30 knots we were probably not well advised to venture into the Neuse river with 3 to 4 ft seas following us southbound but we did anyhow. We can handle the following sea but what caught us by surprise was the water leaving Bay River out to the Neuse River Junction. A wild ride rocking back and forth at 25 to 30 degrees each side with beam seas. I would choose not to do this again and would wait for a calmer day.
David Jenkins
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