We are now in North Carolina - Saint James Plantation Marina and feel like we are almost home. The long pennant below the Blackbeard Burgee is the Homeward Bound flag. It was a long day very much out of phase with the tidal currents. Tomorrow we need to wait until about 11:00 to catch a favorable current on the Cape Fear River. We are now paying for the sleigh ride we had through Georgia and most of South Carolina.
It is pretty cold here and we are happy to have shore power and electric heat.
We were lucky to make the Sunset Pontoon bridge before they shut it down for low tide. We stressed our 25 year old Westerbeke at top speed for about a half hour to make the noon opening. The bridge was then shut down until 3:00. Some people in a small power boat were going the other way. They must have been listening to our radio conversation with the bridge tender. They gave us a cheer as we passed through the bridge.
We passed by Lockwood Folly Inlet just after low tide. The new dredging was great 16 ft all the way!
It is pretty cold here and we are happy to have shore power and electric heat.
We were lucky to make the Sunset Pontoon bridge before they shut it down for low tide. We stressed our 25 year old Westerbeke at top speed for about a half hour to make the noon opening. The bridge was then shut down until 3:00. Some people in a small power boat were going the other way. They must have been listening to our radio conversation with the bridge tender. They gave us a cheer as we passed through the bridge.
We passed by Lockwood Folly Inlet just after low tide. The new dredging was great 16 ft all the way!
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