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<\/a><\/p>\nOut recent passages take us out of South Carolina and a good portion along the North Carolina Coast. From Beaufort\/Morehead City we turned more inland as the Inter-Coastal Waterway turns more inland towards Virginia. <\/p>\n
Our first day passage was actually rather anti-climatic\u2026it was nearly 2 miles! Magnolia had been at the dock for nearly 5 weeks so we wanted to get out on the hook and check things over to be sure all was in order before getting to far down the road. We checked out our mechanical to include stuffing box cooling and generator running along with our solar system and our updated ground tackle which I will cover in the next blog. All was in order so the next morning we were underway in earnest and the day just became more and more exciting\u2026.<\/p>\n First though, this is my Captain Ron, \u201cYou do a good job, and you get a better job\u201d picture. After 35 years you would have thought I could have gotten a better job than still swabbing the decks! <\/p>\n Our first day out was a little 25 mile hop up to Myrtle Beach Yacht Club. The term Yacht Club does not accurately describe the destination. The destination is though the current home of the previous purveyors of the \u201cJugg Handle Inn\u201d @ routes 73 & 130 in New Jersey. The wings have not lost a beat in their trip south\u2026but digress. <\/p>\n Our friends Joe and Christine Volpe from South Port saw the wing post and wanted it too! In addition our friends from Belle Bateau were making such good time they continued on and joined us as well! (Photo Cheryl Duvall)<\/p>\n Anthony is obviously pontificating on some self described important issue and as usual the Admiral mesmerized by what she is hearing\u2026..(Photo Cheryl Duvall)<\/p>\n As the evening was winding down it was decided since Joe was playing in a Golf Tournament in the morning that Christine should just stay aboard and supervise our passage to South Port. We had plied Christine with just the right amount of wine\u2026enough for her to go along with the idea and not enough to make the trip uncomfortable. It was a great evening and morning passage\u2026.and on top of that, the weekend was just beginning!<\/p>\n Belle Bateau underway from Myrtle Beach on the ICW<\/p>\n Magnolia underway from Myrtle Beach (Photo Cheryl Duvall)<\/p>\n Magnolia and Belle Bateau had a lovely passage to South Port in spite of the occasional shoaling conditions along the NC Coast.<\/p>\n Our friends Jack and Kathy arrived from NJ soon after our arrival and we shared a terrific evening of comrade! <\/p>\n Joe had come up with a great idea to take car ferry across the Cape Fear River over to Carolina Beach\u2026I will let the picture tell the story\u2026.<\/p>\n St James Plantation, where Joe & Christine live really rolled out the red carpet where we shared and an evening of live music under the stars!<\/p>\n A terrific evening as Jack enjoys some Terry\u2019s Barbeque! <\/p>\n Kathy and Annette<\/p>\n The get together of the week end\u2026.these time go by just so very very fast! (Photo Cheryl Duvall)<\/p>\n Our final stop of the week is New Bern, NC It is the ancestral home of which product?<\/p>\n No Budweiser is NOT the correct answer. Just happens that the Clydesdales were in town we suspect for the Cherry Point Air Show occurring this weekend.<\/p>\n It certainly brought we think everyone in town and perhaps the surrounding 100 miles into to town for the show\u2026we were sure glad we were not driving that is for sure.<\/p>\n The real reason we came to town was to take Dick & Judy to lunch\u2026yup that’s the truth. Annette and I are both licensed amateur radio operators or HAMS as most know the term. We count on the radio and those on the other end of the radio to provide information such as weather, sea conditions, basic communications and in an emergency, getting us the help we need. Dick and Judy are those people. We have spoken to them for the last 2 years all up and down the coast and from the Bahamas. They have helped with information on weather, bridge closures and even arranged for a mooring ball in St Augustine. If we were ever to get in trouble, Dick and Judy are the people we count on. We can not express to you enough how much we appreciate you!<\/p>\n Annette wanted to bring him home\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n As far as the national product\u2026yes, New Bern is the home of Pepsi Cola!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Magnolia departed Osprey Marina with enthusiasm and with a little sadness after making such nice friends during our stay. We are hoping everyone can meet up in the Chesapeake before long though! B Out recent passages take us out of … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n