Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Hurricane Earl
Cape Lookout, May 31 - June 6, 2010
We left Jordan Creek around noon and made it as far as Bonner Bay where we anchored for the night at Spring Creek. No one else was around. We arrived in Beaufort after 6:00 the next evening and found a boat anchored too close to Stan's mooring to be able to use it. After several tries at fitting into the crowd in various spots on the creek, we went further back and dropped the anchor a little closer to the shore than we liked. We went out Beaufort Inlet the next day and arrived at Cape Lookout that afternoon. Pleasant weather - breezy and sunny, swinging on anchor for my 60th birthday. We launched the dinghy the next day and found that the motor was not working, so David had to row us to shore. We "drove" the big boat as close to shore as we could get so he didn't have so far to go. After a couple of nice days at the Bight, we started our return via the turning basin. A large thunderstorm hit just as Adams Creek opens onto the Neuse River. We motored on through the storm. That night we anchored with a couple of other sailboats in Broad Creek. Pleasant and calm. We took our time and got back to our home dock the next evening.
Ceibo's Christening
May 2009 - We follow the rituals for the wind gods to dename and rename our boat in hopes that it will bring us fair winds and good luck. Hmm, on second thought maybe we shouldn't have used such cheap champagne.
Tropical Storm Hanna
September 5, 2008 - Our first experience with anchoring out for a storm. We get to the creek late, after the rain is starting. We have difficulty getting the anchor to hold, so we move and reset. Fortunately, the storm was not a big one, but it was a learning experience.
The Beginning
April 1, 2008 - We buy our 1979 Tartan 37. She needs some tlc after years of being in Schroeder's Boatyard in Deltaville, Va.
June 2 - 9, 2008 - She is launched but has engine problems so we spend the first evening in the water, but still at the yard. It was exciting to see her in the travel lift heading to the water. If a boat had feelings, I think she would have been real happy. We are able to leave the next day so we head out to Tangier Island. Beautiful day and good wind. Enjoyable stay at Tangier's, dock master took us on a tour of the island in his golf cart. Back across the Chesapeake to anchor for the night at Deltaville before heading south. The next night we stayed at the public dock in Hampton, Va. Next stop will be the visitor center in the Dismal Swamp Canal. We see a kayaker who tells us he is paddling the ICW all the way to Baltimore. It is hot and buggy. Things on the boat are starting not to work, but thankfully the refrigeration is keeping us in cold drinks. The hot water heater blew up, but there isn't much need for hot water on this trip. On to Elizabeth City where we can't get through the bridge because of a power boat race. We tie up to a bulkhead near the bridge. We are able to sail the next day once we are on the Albemarle Sound, but towards the end of the day smoke from a fire in the Pocosin Wildlife Refuge takes away our visibility. We stop in at the Alligator River Marina for the night. Still smokey the next day, we head for Jordan Creek and get there just before dark. We are met by friendly River Rats and so glad to see them. Ceibo is at her new home, but doesn't have her new name yet.
June 2 - 9, 2008 - She is launched but has engine problems so we spend the first evening in the water, but still at the yard. It was exciting to see her in the travel lift heading to the water. If a boat had feelings, I think she would have been real happy. We are able to leave the next day so we head out to Tangier Island. Beautiful day and good wind. Enjoyable stay at Tangier's, dock master took us on a tour of the island in his golf cart. Back across the Chesapeake to anchor for the night at Deltaville before heading south. The next night we stayed at the public dock in Hampton, Va. Next stop will be the visitor center in the Dismal Swamp Canal. We see a kayaker who tells us he is paddling the ICW all the way to Baltimore. It is hot and buggy. Things on the boat are starting not to work, but thankfully the refrigeration is keeping us in cold drinks. The hot water heater blew up, but there isn't much need for hot water on this trip. On to Elizabeth City where we can't get through the bridge because of a power boat race. We tie up to a bulkhead near the bridge. We are able to sail the next day once we are on the Albemarle Sound, but towards the end of the day smoke from a fire in the Pocosin Wildlife Refuge takes away our visibility. We stop in at the Alligator River Marina for the night. Still smokey the next day, we head for Jordan Creek and get there just before dark. We are met by friendly River Rats and so glad to see them. Ceibo is at her new home, but doesn't have her new name yet.
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