Category: Shake Down Cruise

Atlantic Yacht Basin

Saturday, June 25 Left Coinjock Marina at around 9 AM.  We were sardined in between two boats bow and stern.   The dock hand helped us out by untying the stern line then untying...

Albemarle Sound

Friday, June 24 Left Alligator River Marina at around 8 AM. Got into the Albemarle Sound where there were hundreds of crab pots that are very hard to see.  We were glad that the...

Miss Wanda

Wednesday, June 22 Left Anchorage at around 8 AM. Snaked our way back through the crab pots back to the ICW. Had a beam sea all the way through the Alligator River to the...

Leaving Whittaker Point

Monday, June 20 Paid our dock fee to Robert, then he and Henry helped us cast off at around 8:30 AM. We had a pretty nice run of about 25 miles on the Nuese...

Church on the Bay

Sunday, June 19 We woke up this morning to find that a sailboat that had been in a slip behind us had sunk in the night.  It was sad to see this boat just...

Oriental

Saturday, June 18 Took the courtesy car into New Bern where we walked around the town and went to a farmers market. Cute little town with some good restaurants and shops. This town is...

Whittaker Point

Whittaker Point

Friday, June 17 Left Homer Smith docks and marina at around 8 AM, right after we got a pump out from Matt. We cruised up to the intracoastal waterway via the shortcut to reenter...