Moving south is the key at this time of year. Don't stop until you can jump in the water and trust us……we are not close to that yet!
So down Adams Creek and past Beaufort/Moorehead City and into Spooner Creek for a night. We like the little anchorage. If we can't be in a vacant and quiet spot for the night at least we might as well be in a pretty nice neighborhood and this is quite a spot. You don't have much room to drop the hook but the holding is good and it would really have to blow to make any movement noticeable.
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| Spooner Creek |
After Spooner Creek we went down Bogue Sound to Mile Hammock for a night. Again, this a really nice spot and we had 20 boats come in for the night. We were hoping "Sea Fever", a 92 footer would invite everyone over for a wine tasting!
Then we went down to Carolina Beach and had a good time with Vinny (sv Flight Plan) and Shay at the Lazy Pirate. It was good to see them and we also had a friendly reminder about 5 foot tides……Dingh-go is now sporting a new line attachment as we had to cut the old one off after our security cable did not come up with the tide. We couldn't reach it, the wind was howling so we had to cut the tab securing the cable off the dinghy. The dock still feels the effect of the cable holding it down and my 1972 US Air Force lock in now permanently attached to the dinghy dock in Carolina Beach. Lesson learned, we hope!
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| hmmm, I'd say this isn't right! |
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| Another use for Amsteel! |
We had a good sail down the Cape Fear River the next day and decided to stage our next leg by stopping at St James Plantation for the night. Kismet recommended to stop and it sure is nice. The little pub was enjoyable for dinner and we got to practice close quarter maneuvering to get in and out.
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| St James Plantation Marina |
From there we moved down to the New River and a side trip up to Calabash. We couldn't get in here last year as a trawler was sitting on the sand bar so nobody was getting by. This time we were the first ones in the anchorage and had a lovely evening. We even dinghied up to Calabash for the first time. There was one small dock open and we went up the steep docks and found a small fish market so we had clams and red snapper for dinner. A "real" treat!
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| Nice anchorage! |
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| Clyde is eyeing his date for the night |
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| 6 foot tides here |
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| Little Scrapper |
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| This was something sometime?!?! |
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| Calabash, NC |
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| Nati in the New River |
Now we are are at Osprey Marina for the night. Normally we wouldn't be at the dock but we topped off the diesel, water and will do a dinner at Scatori's. Food doesn't get any better anywhere!
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