It’s not pronounced “Bee-yew–fort”. That would be Beaufort, South Carolina. It’s “Bow-fort”, North Carolina..Beaufort is a nice little town, population about 4,300. I like small towns. After living in Stamford, Connecticu…
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Happiness is a Warm Dolphin
We left Belhaven, North Carolina, at 8 AM Friday morning. The weather forecast wasn’t the best. Wind out of the west at 15 to 20 MPH. We’d have to travel up the Neuse River, which is a large body of water and runs east-west, whi…
Yesterday, Belhaven. Today, Oriental.
Thursday was a picture perfect day to hang out in Belhaven. JW, the mechanic, had to order a size pencil zinc that I didn’t have, so we were “forced” to remain here. The morning quickly warmed up from 28 degrees to 60. It was nice eno…
Spending the Day in Mayberry. I mean Belhaven.
I mean that in the best possible way. I love Belhaven. The homes are beautiful, the people are friendly, and the view of the Pungo River is awesome. Sadly, Belhaven has taken a couple of hits recently. A major employer clo…
A Day Of Firsts.
Monday, Pam and I tucked Drift Away in the Alligator River Marina at the northern end of the Alligator River in North Carolina, which is at the bottom of Ablemarle Sound. It was a short day, but continuing on to Belhaven, the next place with mari…
Coinjock to the Alligator River. Yawn.
We made another short hop today. Coinjock to Belhaven is over 80 miles away, a ten hour day for us. Too far. Our dogs can’t hold it that long. We elected to stop at the Alligator River Marina which was only 32 miles and make Bel…
The ICW Train
We traveled from Atlantic Yacht Basin in Great Bridge, Virginia to Coinjock, North Carolina yesterday. The first part was like traveling down a narrow river. We like river and canal travel. There’s something to see besides water. …
4 Hours. 9.5 Miles. How Far Is Key West?
We stayed put in Norfolk yesterday. The wind was blowing in the 20s and gusting in the 30s. The Elizabeth River even had a nasty chop.Drift Away can certainly handle those little waves, but I was more concerned about the wind. We…
Happy Birthday To Our Blog!
We started our blog exactly one year ago today. Pam and I had purchased this old trawler some months before as a liveaboard. We had some pretty interesting things happen to us, and as winter was upon us and I was looking for something to ke…
KERSPLASH!
We take the dogs off the boat first thing in the morning to go potty. We’re now at Waterside Marina in Norfolk. This marina has floating docks, which is great, but they’re of the tapering not-long-enough variety. I know the marina sav…
