Went Out w/ Perry on his Catamaran....

Had a blast....check out this short video....

Charter Fishing And The Big One!

My friend Russ invited me out on a charter fishing trip (inshore)....We left Wednesday morning and headed out for a fabulous day catching many Speckled Trout and Drum ( and a few Croaker)....great fun....fish were delicious.....

Crewed To Ocracoke on a new Catalina

Weekend Journey With Friends

Left for Cape Lookout from Oriental on Friday Morning, with Peter and Gail, Harry and Melanie, and Joe and Cherie. Finally had some beautiful weather, lots of fishing, snorkeling, swimming, and fun had by all. Sailed most of the way back. Looking forward to doing another trip with our friends soon!

South River Beach

Weather has been full of fronts packed with threats of thunderstorms, cold evenings (a few down in the 40's) and high winds. We decided to head across to South River, where we anchored off of a quiet beach. We enjoyed some swimming, cool breezes, grilled some hamburgers, and watched a beautiful sunset. Fell asleep in a pile of sails on the deck under the stars. Fantastic sail over there....

Max decided to do some acrobatics in the riggin.....once we got anchored.

Life is Good!

Aurora Fossil Museum

Max, Noah, and I decided to take a trip to the fossil museum this week. Together we found close to a hundred shark teeth digging in the pits...here are some shots of the boys goofin' around in the museum...as you can see we had a lot of fun!

Spring Has Sprung

Well, after a "colder than usual" winter, we are intensely cleaning the boat, and getting into areas that haven't seen a bottle of bleach in a while. Removed our Loran C system (it was taking up valuable space on the Nav Station)....rebuilt our head, repaired our macerator, installed our cockpit table, and did a whole bunch of little things to the boat that are too numerous to mention. Bridget made a canvas compass cover for the Binnacle, and has gotten rid of a number of things that have been on the boat without much use.....they say "if you don't use it in 6 months...get rid of it" and that's seeming to apply to this quite a bit. We've kept some wonderful company with friends that live here at the marina, and have had a lot of fun with the boys. We took them to see Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island, and Jockey's Ridge.
Anyway, we're coming out of hibernation now, working on getting the boat into shape.

Will post some photos soon...