Been Gone Too Long

Hi all, Sylken Sea is still on the hard at Wayfarer's Cove, Arapahoe, NC. Sammy (Sylvianne) is in Qatar with the grandkids. This week I am fishing the Bulkley River in BC. Dry fly steelhead, yeah! See you at the rendezvous in a few weeks.
K&S

Back Home

Greetings all, boat is parked in NC. We are home for a bit, doing business, connecting with friends and family, attending weddings.
Mark and Emily from "Grand Adventure" stopped by in their new land yacht, pretty cool and very roomy.
Cheers and safe travels Mark and Emily.

Wayfarers Cove

Well here we are, at the yard waiting to be hauled. This will be our second time being hauled for routine maintenance, bottom paint, prop speed etc. This is a pretty spot, well protected and the people are really good.

On to Adams Creek

Great kayking here in Adam's Creek. The only downside is the boat wake from the sport fish boats that just don't have any consideration for others as they roar past in this narrow channel. Well, I should say, most don't. There are a few who care enough to slow down.

Swansboro

We stopped at Casper's Marina for the night. We were three Canadian boats tied up at the dock. Finding an Irish pub with live music, good beer, good food and a very happening place just a very short walk from the marina was a nice surprise. We had a fun evening. We will be going back. It's also a great place to fuel up, the price being one of the best around.

Wrightsville Beach

Great spot, we enjoy both the busy town and the beautifull "wild beach" on Masonboro Island. This has become a favorite spot to stop.

Pine Island to Wrightstville

It looked like we had 3-4 days of decent sea conditions with the the only issue being T storms so we decided to make a run for the north while we had the chance. Dodging a few storms, we made for Cape Fear just to realize that we would arrive at about 3am. Change of plans; we decided to carry on instead and come in at Wrightsville Beach via the Masonboro Inlet. That inlet is a great place to come in at with a good anchorage right there.

ICW northbound

After a rest in Ft. Pierce we travelled the ICW north, the seas offshore being 4-6 ft right on the nose and forecasted to get bigger before subsiding.  We anchored along the way and eventually wound up at Pine Island just north of St. Augustine.

Ft. Pierce, CBP

Clearing customs here was really easy. We called the central number for CBP and were given a clearance number and told to report to a customs officer within 24 hours.  Steve from Sequel graciously drove us out to the Ft. Pierce Airport; 15 minutes and a few forms later we were all done.

Bahamas to the USA

Here is a general update. I still can't figure out how to back date posts so from here forward you may just have to guess at the actual date that these posts took place.  If I could get my act together and post regularly like our friend Esa does then things would be pretty much in the correct order.
Anyway, from memory after Tim & Cheryl's visit, we made our way to Green Turtle Cay only to have to return to Marsh Harbour to have all the house batteries replaced. While there we met up with 'Coral Bay', a KKY48 Classic. Once the batteries were replaced we headed back to Green Turtle Cay and dropped anchor at Coco Bay. Betty and Jill on 'LiLi' joined us in the anchorage for a few days. Green Turtle and New Providence are one of our favorite stops in the Abacos.
From Green Turtle we headed west to Alan's Pensacola for a few days then back east to Cave Cay. Checking the shallow VPR route in the dingy we decided to go down into the Bight of Abaco. If you have Garmin or Explorer charts follow them exactly on a high tide. You can carry a 5-6' draft but make sure you have timed the tide correctly.
Once in the Bight we anchored at Sweetings Cay, then Basin Harbour Cay and finally at Mores Island.  The next morning we headed out for a crossing to Ft. Pierce. All went well and 29 hours later we entered the Ft. Pierce Inlet.