Places visted last year

We visited a few other ports which I did not write about..it was a writer's block after our rat visit.

I wrote about Fowl Cay, Green Turtle Cay both sides, and several times to Hope town.

We also visited, Guan Cay ( Nippers) , Treasure Cay, Little  Harbor ( Pete's Pub) ( with the bronze art creating process).

Bridges Cay and Little Harbor Bay.

Eleuthra- Royal Island Harbor

Spanish Wells Harbor
Alabaster Bay
Rock Sound Settlement

Warderick Wells Cay, Exumas
 Black Point- Great Guana Cay (went through Dotham Cut with a 3 kt extra current)

Allen Cay (anchorage)
Nassau Harbor
Hurricane Hole Harbor Nassau

And of course we had to join the Northern Neck Masters from the YMCA of NN which attended the Hall of Fame Pool in swim competition. We joined Esther, Bill, Jarett and their team mates for a delightful time together.  Thanks all for your warm welcome. We loved cheering for the team and having Ariel just a step away with our home on the water. That was in mid April.

After leaving Hall of Fame we took about the 2 pm bridge Monday through Port Everglades and went offshore till we arrived in Beaufort NC on Friday am  that week.   I LOVE having AIS onboard. We hailed boats by name and can tell if those huge vessels just outside a channel are at anchor or underway. Nice..

Oriental NC was our next stop.

Then the Alligator River, Georgia Bay. As I recall the weather was a bit nasty. I remember trying to make out marks in the rain and it was cold too. The Swamp was nearly deserted. Everyone else had sense.

South Mills Lock.  We stayed on the hook overnight.   We were the only boat going through the northbound lock which was opened early for us as there was no other traffic to come through first. 
 The Welcome Center Dismal Swamp was a good place to drop off a bag of boat trash. It was closed but three or more boats can tie up for free there. It seems to be a car rest stop on the other side. restrooms and a visitor center which is manned during certain hours, not our luck though.

 We dodged logs and groups of floating (?) vegetation in the middle of the channel.. We had the dodger winder open with rain pouring through, cold rain I might add. But we got through it all.

 Working our way back home the skies looked dark. We were planning on going to Hampton Yacht Club but we got hailed real quick by our friends Judy and Paul from EYC. They suggested we join them on the town dock for a free nights stay. So we did. Nice cocktail time with other EYC folks.  Dinner in town. Then and early departure.  We escaped that nasty downpour in Hampton.

Made it to the Tabbs creek dock around 4:30 pm. We were greeted with a lovely offer for dinner that night.

Now we can see what happens sailing back in 2012-13.