5 May 2003, Bald Head Island to Morehead City, 34 43.129 N/ 076 42.199 W
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Weather is still quite unstable. Can't go on the
outside. S/V Paradise and we headed for the ICW on 4 May
at 0730. Hazy, cloudy, and breezy. But we had a supporting
current. The part of the ICW is 'blessed' with few anchorages
and two bridges that only open on the hour. Fortunately, we
timed it so that we didn't have to wait too long. We were
approaching another sailboat and were ready to pass them.
We never pass anybody. It was S/V Barbobasea (the folks
we met in Beaufort SC. How kewl!
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The three boats continued in a 'caravan'.
We were the lead boat! Paradise draws 6.5 feet and
Barbobasea draws 7.5 feet. Our challenge was to find the
deepest water so that they would not go aground. Well, it
sorta worked. Barbobasea only went aground twice that day.
As anchorages are not plentiful on this stretch, we decided to
stop at Harbor Village Marina (it had enough depth for all of
us). Nice place, but there was not anything around. According,
to Skipper Bob, it is "isolated". He was right.
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Left Harbour Village at 0630 headed for Morehead
City. Weather still unstable with predicted T-showers in afternoon.
Bob hates T-showers as he has to steer right below the mizzen boom.
Fortunately, the showers never materialized. The three of us arrived
in Morehead City at 1630 and tied up at Portside Marina. We opted
not to stop at Beaufort NC as it was too expensive (rates went up
again) and we did not want to deal with the current again.
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We decided to stay an extra day at Portside
as weather was deteriorating. We explored the waterfront district
and the three crew had lunch at one of the local seafood eateries.
Not too much to do. Ann and Barbara had a hunger for ice cream
so we called a taxi and headed for Beaufort NC. When we got there
we found our ice cream store was closed. Actually they were in the
process of moving to the waterfront. Bob and Barbara knew the
owner and we decided to find the new place. We found it and Susan,
the owner. After a little chit-chat, we headed back to Portside and
prepared for next day's departure.
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