Nautical photographer Onne van der Wal and his wife, Tenley, spent the past two years refitting Snow Goose, their 1986 Grand Banks 32, with the goal of taking her south for the winter. On November 2, the van der Wals began the fourth leg of their journey from Norfolk, Virginia. While traversing the Dismal Swamp they enjoyed exquisite sunrises and sunsets, fresh fish, biking, and the cotton fields of the Carolinas. They also managed to practice yoga aboard.
The gallery and video captures some of the highlights of leg 4 in pictures. Soundings will cover Snow Goose’s run south, leg by leg, as she continues down the ICW and makes her way over to the Bahamas.
Tenley in the galley while tied up half way for the night in the Dismal Swamp Canal
Our wake as we leave the Dismal Swamp Canal
Perfect conditions on Pamlico Sound
Sunset in Oriental, North Carolina
In the lock in the Dismal Swamp Canal
Approaching the last bridge before entering the lock in the Dismal Swamp Canal
Snow Goose in the lock in the Dismal Swamp Canal
Sunrise from underway on the Alligator river
Fishing boats tied up in Oriental, North Carolina
Seafood market in Oriental, North Carolina
Tenley unties the tender to head back to Snow Goose from the dinghy dock in Oriental
Tenley at the helm of the Snow Gooses tender
Tenley and new found friends at Back Street Pub in Beaufort, North Carolina
A freshly caught speckled Sea Trout in the hands of the Safe Harbor Jarrets Bay marina dock hand
Aircraft carrier in Norfolk, Virgina
Following two sailboats down the Dismal Swamp Canal
Typical ICW scenery just south of the Dismal Swamp Canal
Sunrise fishermen
Working aloft in Oriental on the masthead of his yacht in replacing a bulb in the anchor light
White egret with fish on dock at Safe Harbor Jarretts Bay in Beaufort, North Carolina
Snow Goose tied up alongside for the night in the Dismal Swamp Canal
Tenley tending Snow Goose dock lines while locking in the Dismal Swamp Canal lock
Tenley practicing Yoga on the flybridge of Snow Goose while transiting Pamlico Sound
Photographer Onne van der Wal shooting the fishing boats in Oriental, North Carolina. Photo by Tenley van der Wal.
Snow Goose as seen from the drone on the Waccama River in South Carolina
Snow Goose as seen from the drone on the Waccama River in South Carolina