We have landed at ICW 267, the HarborVillage Marina Fuel dock. They rent dockage after hours transients, no other spots available during day. There is a 150 foot dock and a baby mega yacht(close to 100 feet) who went through the Surf City Bridge same time as us (on the hour only) and we are dock mates. I will post a cool picture of the dredging boat we passed getting here. It shows all the markers we are supposed to know by heart as sailors. But for me, I (Sue) have only seen two dredgers in the US, both in NC in the ICW. A third one was in St. Lucia but no markings that I recall.
The weather threatened to rain all day. In and out of clouds then bright sun. We were very fortunate as this route was chosen last minute over going back outside again. There appeared to be heavier rain offshore and we would have battled wind on the nose, so all is well. (If we did outside we would have gotten into a harbor late at night which is not so smart or safe. I concur with Charles judgement.)
We managed to catch some currents and at one point were going 8 kts coasting along. ICW can be pretty boring as there are marks after marks and little changes in course. Don't fall asleep.
We left Beaufort just before 8 am so coffee time had to be moved up to ten oclock. We had gone to the bakery yesterday- The Spouter Inn Restaurant and Bakery and had gotten wonderful bread as well as desserts. So we had to have the cocconut custard pie and neopolitan with our coffee. We had dinner at the restaurant last night and mine turned out to be the be a super pasta seafood dish. Charles had a thick Mahi with a wonderful shrimp creole sauce. Glad we went.
Oh and don't miss the Maritime museum in Beaufort. The entrance is free. Many wonderful displays, particularly about Black Beard and sea tales from North Carolina and the first Coast Guard rescue units. There are many hands on things if you bring the grands. Nice film about the USS Monitor and how it's design came about .
Across the street on the water side we were drooling over the tools in the Muesum's woodshop, including big band saws, routers, table saws, hoists and such. Really cool. The volunteers there must have a ball working away in their spare time. Sample boats from when the hulls were first burned out of trees to more modern day vessels.
Tonight for dinner I foolishly made chicken pot pies for the trip expecting cold weather we were going to experience. Those puppies were frozen solid and I had to run the oven for some time to get the crust cooked but it will do as there are no restaurants in this marina. Very nice , modern floating docks and pretty clean looking.
Tomorrow we look forward to South Port - Cape Fear where we came in on our trip from the Caribbean. There is a favorite breakfast spot I hope is still there.
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