More Cumberland Island

Hi again. I'm playing with a new camera; retro and cool if you are into it.  I'll post a few pics.  This one from our walk to the beach at Cumberland Island.

Cumberland Island

Sammy & I take a hike through the woods to the beach from the anchorage at Plum Orchard. This is a special place.

Charleston to Cumberland Island

We leave Charleston and go outside. 27 hrs, 179 NM later we are at anchor at Plum Orchard, Cumberland Island, GA.  The weather was good. Beautiful, if not spectacular, sunrise off the coast of Georgia.  Agreed?

Charleston, SC

No trip up or down the coast would be complete without a stop here.  We just love the town.  Karen & Esa join us for a few days and a great time!  We meet up with 'Steadfast' and 'Almost Perfect' and we all have dinner at Magnolias. If you stop here check out "The Gin Joint" but be careful!

Masonboro Island

Masonboro Inlet. Just take your dinghy and go! Thanks for that bit of advice Mike and Patti

Wrightsville Beach

We "check in" to the anchorage we so like in Wrightsville Beach, NC. This is a must do stop. Mike and Patti from KKY Salt & Light swing by in their Whaler, offer local advice and invite us to join them for dinner. Wow, yes, we are definitely in. We go to Wilmington, have a great evening and walk the river afterwards. Very gracious hosts. We are in the South after all, right?
(Sojourn anchored next to us in Wrightsville Beach).

Mile Hammock

Back in Mile Hammock Bay along with 20+ boats.  Very tight but doable in the mild winds forecast.  'September Summer' calls us on the VHF, a DeFeever custom trawler.  Turns out we "met" them off of the Exumas fishing last spring.  Small world.

Down the Sounds we go

We leave 'Mosey' at the anchorage in North River, just south of Coinjock.  Sojourn stopped off in Coinjock the night before and Sea Quill is headed for Manteo. We decide on the "Sounds" route (Albermarle, Croatan and Pamlico).  We've done this the last few years and really like it as long as the weather is in our favor! Sylvianne says: "it's like being off shore without going outside".  First night we stop in Long Shoal River. It's very good getting in or out with good holding and room for a thousand boats. Alas, we are all alone.  Next morning we are underway early as the 15-20 kts forecast of yesterday is now 20-25kts from the east so we have a following sea most of the way. We did see 25+ kts and steep 3-4' seas. Later in the afternoon we saw 25-30kts with a few gusts higher (the new Garmin Weather add-on is great!).  Again, a Krogen in a following sea is a dream.  Try that in a square stern!  We know, we did experience that in a previous boat. Ugly.  4pm on the second day finds us comfortably at anchor in South River, just north of Adams Creek (ICW).

More on Norfolk

Must do the Chrysler Museum of Art. It's spectacular!  Visit the Nauticast and tour the battleship Wisconsin.  Enjoy walks through the town; all that wonderful cobblestone.  Enjoy the microbrewers and restaurants. There's lots to do in Norfolk, VA

Norfolk & South

We travel with a "gaggle" of boats, including Sea Quill and Sojourn. Go through Great Bridge and down the canal to Coinjock.  In Great Bridge lock we meet 'Mosey' which is a custom steel trawler, owner built, wow!  Turns out their previous boat was a 1995 Krogen 42!  We need to get them to the 2012 Krogen gathering!