The Bahamian mooring
Carolina Beach Mooring Field to Calabash, NC, Little River
November 3
mm 290 something to 342
We woke to another chilly morning at Carolina Beach. Was 51° in the salon in the morning. I was so grateful not to be on the bow washing down the anchor in the cold. Just uncleat the lines and slip them off the mooring ball. So quick and easy! We crossed the Cape Fear River which was washing machine sloppy and reminded me of how the Chesapeake can be. I held the helm for the first 2+ hours, feeling more confident every day.
We crossed by Oak Island and I thought about that tiny apartment / condo we considered buying. I’m so glad that we decided against it. I like our current set up with Blue Indigo and Seaquel much better!
Right Hand sharing the channel with a shrimp boat.
Around these parts there are casino ships. They go 12 miles out into international water and gamble. This ship is passing South on the ICW and the pic is taken from our anchorage on the creek. We were just off the ICW.
Sunset at the anchorage.
We woke to another chilly morning at Carolina Beach. Was 51° in the salon in the morning. I was so grateful not to be on the bow washing down the anchor in the cold. Just uncleat the lines and slip them off the mooring ball. So quick and easy! We crossed the Cape Fear River which was washing machine sloppy and reminded me of how the Chesapeake can be. I held the helm for the first 2+ hours, feeling more confident every day.
We crossed by Oak Island and I thought about that tiny apartment / condo we considered buying. I’m so glad that we decided against it. I like our current set up with Blue Indigo and Seaquel much better!
Look at this beauty that passed us. She is a 1946 Trumpy, restored. Have you noticed a theme - most boats pass us. We turtle along!
Right Hand sharing the channel with a shrimp boat.
Today we crossed into South Carolina. Anchorages aren’t so good in this area and after Deb and Keith scouted out anchorages, we decided on a creek off Little River. The space was small and narrow with 4’ tides. So no room to swing. Here’s where that Bahamian mooring comes in - first time for us. What’s that you ask? It’s when you have a forward anchor and a stern anchor.
Sounds easy right? Drop the forward anchor, then anchor off stern, snug up both anchors. Our challenge was our spare anchor is 60 pounds. So that’s what we used off the stern. And the anchor line we had was 175 feet. Way too long. There we were together hauling this big anchor from the bow to the stern. Bit of a circus routine. But we got it set and are no longer Bahamian mooring virgins. Lesson learned- buy a lighter anchor for this set up.
Sunset at the anchorage.
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