JacketsIIOur Travels on Jackets II

The trip to Elizabeth City was a relatively nice ride. The wind had calmed down to 10 knots and we had a nice day. The weather was still cool. We spent the day in the pilot house. We were looking forward to seeing our friends Keith and Joy on “Great Mates”. They were waiting at…

Quite a Day on the water…. Our guide book said that we would encounter our first large body of water today. The Neuse River and Pamlico Sound. Well the stabilizers worked well as we traveled in some pretty nasty conditions. 15-20 knot winds, 3-5 foot waves with a 5 second period. The first 1 1/2 hours…

We spent last night worrying if the anchors would hold, thankful they did and we were up early to make the 7:30 am bridge opening. The bridge, , is about 4 miles north and only opens every 30 minutes. Yesterday it stopped opening for about 6 hours. The bridge doesn’t open in the winds exceed…

After a interesting evening and beautiful sunset, 4-25-2012, we decided to stay another day here as the weather was predicted to get very windy, 25-30 knots. This would give us time to catch up on some things like our website. Well the forcasters underestimated as the winds reached 45 knots according to some other boaters.   We dragged…

It was a long run up to Wilmington on one engine, about a 9 hour day. But we had heard that the winds were going to pick up so we decided to make the trip while it would be easier to control the boat with one engine. Bright and Early Tom De Mann got a…

We head north on our one engine, thankful that we could still make decent time. We came across an unusual way to get to a golf course. Waterway Hills Golf Club. I could easily imagine D. Ray and Gary flying across the water to get in a few rounds. We got to the Marina without…

As we picked out an anchorage I found Cow Pen Creek, Active Captain should it was near a marina with live music seven night a week. Friday night and live music living on the water. Too good to be true. Well at least on this night. The music was playing as we left the ICW…

We got into Georgetown early   and dock the boat at a public dock. We used our phones and found a place to eat. “Trip Advisor and Yelp” are a great way to find good food on the road. We were not let down as we had Shrimp and Grits at a small restaurant, Thomas…

It started out a rainy day so we left late out of Charleston and made short run up to Minim Creek. Our two primary sources of information for Anchorages are “Skipper Bobs Intracoastal Anchorages” and “Active Captain”

The travel to Charleston was a pleasant warm sunny day.  It was a little exciting when we lost our electronics as we approached an area where a sailboat ran a ground just in front of use.  We decided to turn around until we could get our charts working again so we would know what areas…