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| Basking in Morehead City Posted on 11/14/2006 09:24:24 pm by Charlotte | |
| Ahoy, Yesterday was a little more like the ICW Cruising life I've come to know and love. The wind stayed under 20 knots and the motoring was easy. In fact we were able to raise the sails for long stretches, which saved on fuel and made the trip even more enjoyable. LeRoy changed our fuel filters after the previous days shakeup. It was smooth sailing all day. Once again we had the company of dolphins and pelicans. They add a lot of charm to the ICW experience. Power vessels do not. One power yacht blew by us with inches to spare and rocked us from toe rail to toe rail. I had stowed things as if we would meet a storm, but one tray crashed to the teak cabin sole and broke. Not to mention put a ding in my teak. He didn't leave us any room to turn into his wake so we took it broadside. I put a curse on his engine, so I'm hoping the break down happens at the least convenient time. Most boaters are courteous, it is just the stinky few that give power boaters a bad reputation. We decided to leave the boat here at the new Morehead City Yacht Basin, and drive down to Florida to look at homes. Right now, it isn't looking good weatherwise for us to go off shore to Florida as we planned. I don't need any more excitement. LeRoy is off getting a car rental that we can drive to Florida. Once we get there, we will have our own car to drive. The rates at Morehead City Yacht Basin are $2.00 a foot daily, $8.50 a foot weekly, $12.00 a foot for 2 weeks, and $17.00 for one month. No telling how long we will be away looking at homes, but we need to look this month while there are special deals with builders trying to unload current inventory. I love a bargain. Anyhoo, I'm worn to a frazzle trying to scoot down the ICW, so it will be a treat driving to Florida in just a couple of days. LeRoy is back and ready to roll, so I will chat later. He has to take some of our Bimini down to get it resewn. The gale force winds broke some threads. LeRoy had water pouring down in front of him at the helm to add to his discomfort during the storm. The window in our bimini we use to check the sails hadn't been restitched when they restitched our bimini. The gale broke the weaker threads around the window and water poured through. I brought out an umbrella to give him some protection, but after a while we were both so soaked that dripping water made no difference. Driving off to Florida, Charlotte | ||
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