Sunday May 16 Location: anchored on the South/North Carolina line

Sharing a moment with you -
Yesterday, while Tiki was visiting on the bridge, I started drifting sideways toward a daymarker into what looked like a bend in the river and soon learned it was not a bend but an intersection of another waterway with very fast current.  As Tadpole started moving toward the daymarker, I turned the helm "full left" and "advanced the throttle".  Tadpole continued toward the post until she stopped suddenly - on sand!
I put her in reverse, and was able to back off the sandbar.  (a fine feature of a trawler is the center keel, extending down in front of the single prop, thus allowing the propellar to pull us off.  This normally works in a soft grounding at slow speed).

Today, we made it through an 18 mile stretch labeled on the charts as the "rockpile" without incident and are ready for a glass of wine.  Cheers to everyone!