Saturday 9/10/16
Cast off from Enterprise Oxbow anchorage MM 376 at 0630. Gail and I a great team at the anchor windlass, she stepped on the switch to raise it and I squirted the mus off the chain. Morning was very still and almost chilly until sun was warming us. A good deal of the day the tide was with us do it added from 1 to 3 knots of speed to our normal 7.5 knots, we even saw over 10 knots.
While cruising the Cape Fear River a good size Sedan Bridge boat coming from opposite direction hailed us on channel 16. He warned us to stay close to the red #82 marker at the Shallotte Inlet as he got too close to the green #81 marker and as happens in the ICW shoaling sands caused him to become grounded. We hugged the red#82 marker as close as possible. Excited to be passing Bald Head Island where our daughter Kayla vacationed recently. We even have photo of the Eagle Ferry that takes you to Bald Head Island where no cars are allowed.
Insane amount of small boat traffic today, dozens of runabouts, center consoles and hundreds of jet skis. When passing numerous inlets we were envious of the beached and anchored boats with folks swimming and picnicking, not on our schedule this trip.
I spent way too much time struggling with removing the old rusty cable from the winch on the flybridge that is used to hoist the dinghy. The end in the drum had to pulled out and cut to release it and I had to convince the 130 strands to divide with only a small pair of wire cutters.
Arrived Bridge Tender Marina 1640 and MM 285. Got plugged in to water and power and I did my daily trip into hot engine room to get seawater pump primed so AC would run. Snacks and showers and an Uber to Tower 7 Baja Grill, named after a lifeguard station in LA. Wonderful fajitas and too many chips, another Uber ride and back to nice cold cabins where no one could keep their eyes open.
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Cast off from Enterprise Oxbow anchorage MM 376 at 0630. Gail and I a great team at the anchor windlass, she stepped on the switch to raise it and I squirted the mus off the chain. Morning was very still and almost chilly until sun was warming us. A good deal of the day the tide was with us do it added from 1 to 3 knots of speed to our normal 7.5 knots, we even saw over 10 knots.
While cruising the Cape Fear River a good size Sedan Bridge boat coming from opposite direction hailed us on channel 16. He warned us to stay close to the red #82 marker at the Shallotte Inlet as he got too close to the green #81 marker and as happens in the ICW shoaling sands caused him to become grounded. We hugged the red#82 marker as close as possible. Excited to be passing Bald Head Island where our daughter Kayla vacationed recently. We even have photo of the Eagle Ferry that takes you to Bald Head Island where no cars are allowed.
Insane amount of small boat traffic today, dozens of runabouts, center consoles and hundreds of jet skis. When passing numerous inlets we were envious of the beached and anchored boats with folks swimming and picnicking, not on our schedule this trip.
I spent way too much time struggling with removing the old rusty cable from the winch on the flybridge that is used to hoist the dinghy. The end in the drum had to pulled out and cut to release it and I had to convince the 130 strands to divide with only a small pair of wire cutters.
Arrived Bridge Tender Marina 1640 and MM 285. Got plugged in to water and power and I did my daily trip into hot engine room to get seawater pump primed so AC would run. Snacks and showers and an Uber to Tower 7 Baja Grill, named after a lifeguard station in LA. Wonderful fajitas and too many chips, another Uber ride and back to nice cold cabins where no one could keep their eyes open.
Bridge to nowhere |
| Swing Bridge |
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| Mermaid |
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| Casino Boat South Carolina |
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| Bad day in Shrimping business |
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| Bald Head Island Ferry |
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| Wrightsville Beach |
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| People likely annoyed at 7am waiting for us to pass through swing bridge |
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| Capt Ron |
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| Bald Head Island from Cape Fear River |
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