St. James Plantation Marina just south of Southport NC very nice private gated community Tiki bar, restaurant, very well stocked store for the galley. Very Friendly slip owners we had 2 people offer to take us into town for shopping. …
Black Point Settlement – Great Guana Cay Exuma
Today we traveled to Black Point Settlement – what a gorgeous island. We were immediately greeted and welcomed by another Krogen, Dream Weaver upon entering the harbour. We took the dingy in and explored the small …
Myrtle Beach, SC – rain, rain and more rain!
We left Georgetown, SC with the threat of rain and winds. Review of the charts for our 50 mile voyage showed we would be in a narrow river or canal for the entire day. Part of the day was in the pouring rain. Difficult to see through the Eisenglass and…
Swimming with alligators
I know he’s hard to see, but I’m just glad I didn’t see him up close and personal, like him having a taste of my legs. Yesterday morning, in our isolated anchorage in South Carolina, I decided to clean Breaking Away’s hull and scrape off the barnacles …
Traveling on the ICW North
After anchoring out in Belhaven we went to a marina not to far. Dowry Creek is a very quaint marina in an incredible setting on the ICW. The showers at the marina were great, we were able to catch up on our laundry and meet some fellow boaters. When we are on the hook we […]
Wednesday, 4/27/11
Ship John Shoal Light DE Bay Delaware River calm, sun peeking out Good-bye C&D Canal N 38’57.150′/W 074′ 54.417′ Left Chesapeake City, MD at 6:45 A.M. We were planning on staying until Friday, but the weather reports indicated bad weather coming in late tonight and tomorrow. The water was flat, treetops were not blowing and […]
Mary’s House near Ephesus
It’s 1:30pm and Randal and I are relaxing back in our room, drying out from our morning walk in the rain, I decided to leave my umbrella in the room and Randal doesn’t have one so our rain jackets, pants and backpack got fairly wet.&…
Barefoot Landing Marina, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Wayne changed oil today, big job done. We don’t think we will need to do it again before we reach home. The very nice man from the marina here drove Gloria and I to Wal Mart, where we managed to do a lot of shopping in a very short period of time. Seem…
April 26 and 27, 2011, Tuesday and Wednesday
Tuesday, Alligator Creek Marina, NC to Elizabeth City, NC: Today was decision time for us. We had to decide if we were going to do Route 1-Virginia Cut or Route 2-Dismal Swamp. We have been tossing it back and forth for over a week no…
4/26/2011 NEW BERN TO DOWRY CREEK MARINA JUST NORTH OF BELHAVEN
TUESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 59 NM DOCKED AT: DOWRY CREEK MARINA ICW MILE MARKER: 132SUNRISE: 6:22 SUNSET: 7:49HIGH: 77 LOW: 68TODAY’S BRIDGES: 11. CUNNING…
