Total: 500.1 miles 77.95 hours
We had no problems slipping the dock. However, the small, private fishing boats were all heading out to the Cape Fear River in droves. If we saw one, we must have seen 40, including the 3 boats that were net fishing in the marina prior to heading out. We met NORTH STAR at 7:40. Their marina was about 2 miles south of Southport Marina.
Currents fluctuated all day due to the inlets. We were against the currents, again!
With it being a weekend, there were lots of folks racing up and down the ICW. For some reason, they don’t care about personal space. Some fly by only 10 feet or so from our boat while others give us 20.
We passed through The Rock Pile at high tide, so passage wasn’t too scary for the first timers aboard NORTH STAR. We continue to call out bridge clearances when noted on the fixed bridges.
Bill and Mary headed into Grand Dunes Marina for the weekend to spend some time with family and friends in the area. We’ll catch up at St. John’s mid-week.
We continued on to Osprey, getting in at 5ish. We knew they added a long dock out to the river. What was supposed to be for transients looks as if it is full of live boards. The marina looks the same as 10 years ago, but now most slips are full. Plus, there is now 2 huge dry storage, boat racks, one external and one housed boats inside the building. All toll, they probably hold close to 200 small powerboats, and 2 boat fork lifts. We were there as they were shutting down operations. It was amazing to see how quickly the boats are jockeyed to the lifts and put away.
The marina still gives out goodie bags. Ours contained a cup koozie, whistle, key float, hot pepper jam, crackers, package of cinnamon rolls, pen and pad.
While we were watching TV, something found its way into the kitchen drain opening. The sporadic gurgling initially was a bit unsettling, but stopped after about 15 minutes. That was definitely a first!
When Pete walked Bailey around 10, he said that there were either large fish circling on the top of the water, or possibly alligators in the marina.
~ ~ ~ /) ~ ~ K & P
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