Sunday, Oct 13 to Monday, Oct 14 Days 96 & 97 Sunday we raised our anchor at 712am and went aground coming out of the anchorage at 33 52.249″ W and 78 34.313W. We backed off, so wasn’t so bad but this happened because we read Skipper Bob’s guide to ICW (their updated edition) and […]
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Thursday, October 10, Day 92 When we woke up this morning, it was still breezy and cool and damp. We paid $2 for our electricity and cast off with Brian and Stephanie’s help at 851am. The winds were 8-9kts from the NW but quickly climbed to 12-15kts once we were in the Neuse River. At […]
Wednesday, October 9, Day 91 It continues to rain and rain and rain today, but at least it’s not as hard and in the afternoon it became more scattered. After listening to the weather and hear that the Low is still centered over Cape Hatteras near us, we decide to stay another day. Here we […]
Tuesday, October 8. Day 90 Wow! It’s hard to believe we have been gone 90 days. What a change from yesterday. The winds have continued to build and have clocked to come from the North which means it’s ALOT colder in the mid 60’s. It’s raining hard which started sometime in the middle of the […]
Monday September 30 to Monday, October 7. Days 83 to 89 It’s almost 3pm on Sunday and this is the first day that Phil and I have been semi-relaxing since coming to Oriental. We’ve been busy visiting cruising friends in the evenings and working on boat projects during the day except for a trip into […]
Friday, September 27, day 80 Paul, who lives on his boat here took us to Robert Sawyers automotive shop to get the alternator belt bracket welded. They were great! Immediately went to work on it and <10min it was welded and fixed for $10! Wow what service! We drove home (our boat IS home) and […]
It’s Friday and we’ve spent the last few days here on our friends dock in Oriental Harbor Marina in Oriental, NC. We plan to stay here for a few days and are keeping an eye on the forecast for Tropical Storm Karen and a cold front to come through and will move to a safe […]
Saturday, September 28, Day 81 This morning dawned with lots of fluffy clouds in the sky and a lull in the wind. I looked at the calendar and realized that our friends Don and D were going on a trip a week from Monday. Wow in only ONE week! So if we wanted to see […]
Thursday, September 26, Day 79 We woke at 630am and tried SSB channel 4045 to see if we could hear Chris Parker’s weather and behold we could barely hear him. There was a lot of artifact, but hear him we could. We took a look around and seeing a lot of beach exposed in the […]
Thursday, September 26 MonkeyFist has a topic about what makes things easier to live on a boat. We went down to the Bahamas the winter of 2010-2011 with only a canvas Bimini to protect us. Phil had updated the boat, but we learned so much and have made even more upgrades that I wanted to […]
Travels with the Dolsens 