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Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Well I just completed my first big "trip", in which I spent more than
an afternoon or evening sailing a charted course through more than one zip code. I must say I truly loved it, and think I'm never going to be able to stay away from our boat for too long without yearning to go out again. I want to thank Doug King, G'ma Rosalie and David S for their helpful advice on making the trip from Baker Marine in Wilmington NC to N'west Creek Marina in New Bern. All of your advice was dead on and very helpful. I ended up going with Claiborne Young's chartbook (which goes with his cruising guide). I agree with Rosalie that it's a bit bulky in the cockpit, but proved invaluable in being really easy to handle with one elbow tied behind your back - that is, it doesn't flop around all over the place when you're trying to find a marked shoal in 30-40kt winds. I couldn't find the ADC chartbook, although I found several resources for charts online...all of which I'll have to try some time soon. As for the trip itself, here's the run-down: Snow's cut was one of the easiest parts of the trip. There was no shoaling, although the 65ft bridge seemed a bit too short (at the time) for our 52ft mast...I swear I thought we were going to hit the bridge. The Wrightsville Beach bridge was a lot easier than I thought it would be. My only previous sailing experience was on the Chesapeake, and I'd never crossed a draw-bridge before, so I was a little nervous. I paid the current due respect but was glad to learn the potential for being sucked under the bridge wasn't as bad as I'd thought. We grounded only 3 times. The first was nearly intentional - a powerboat approached head-on and to give him a clear indication of our intentions, I steered us into the side of the channel. The 2nd two times were in traversing the Neuse River from Adam's Creek to NW Creek in Fairfield Harbor. This was Sunday afternoon, from 11am until 5:30 or so - if you're around here you probably know that it was pretty windy that day. Our windmeter only registered gusts up to 23kts, so we decided it was safe to go ahead. This being my 2nd trip on this boat, and about my 12th trip sailing at all, I really didn't know what 35 knot winds were like, so we proceeded ahead. I made the crossing in almost gale-force winds (with my step-dad & his friend in tow) - none the wiser that the winds were actually between 25-35 knots, gusting to 39. My stupidity, of course, was in not trusting my instincts and pulling in to the first spot i could when i realized the winds (20 knots or no) were way too strong for my experience level and my faith in the boat we just purchased. The potential for serious injury or death was a lot closer than I really ever want to be, or at least not in the very near future. OTOH: My wife and I have a 2 year old and an 11 month old, whom we plan to take sailing with us at every opportunity. I am seriously glad I got to experience this boat under those conditions with a hardier crew, and having had the opportunity to prepare for the conditions as if they were a hurricane. This I did, since I am very interested in knowing I can trust our new boat, and especially with the lives of my family. I battened everything down, planned my approach and several exit points where I determined to "pull in" should the weather get too rough. My step-father was my navigator (having lived in the area and being an active powerboater there for the past 20 years) and did a fine job. The sailing part, however, was left up to me. If you're curious, we decided not to actually "sail' this part of the river, but motor, instead. It turns out that the boom with lashed on main gave us enough windage to act as sort of a storm-sail, anyway. Anyway, some of the folks here may remember a few years ago when I wrote in to the group requesting advice as to whether we (my wife and I and 1.5 kids) should "take the plunge". For all of the helpful advice we received then (all of which greatly influenced our decisions then and now), I am truly grateful. I sincerely appreciate the thoughtful opinions and advice I read and collect from this group, and wish the best of weather for each of you. Here's a link to my original "taking the plunge" note: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...com%26rnum%3D1 Bryan Minihan S/V Victoria II |
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Bryan Minihan wrote: Well I just completed my first big "trip", in which I spent more than an afternoon or evening sailing a charted course through more than one zip code. I must say I truly loved it, and think I'm never going to be able to stay away from our boat for too long without yearning to go out again. Glad it all worked out for you. snip As for the trip itself, here's the run-down: Snow's cut was one of the easiest parts of the trip. There was no shoaling, although the 65ft bridge seemed a bit too short (at the time) for our 52ft mast...I swear I thought we were going to hit the bridge. Snow's cut can be a piece of cake depending on the current. Or it can be a tiger. WHen I last went through there, there was a red floater all the way out toward the green side marking a shoal, so I would hesitate to say there was NO shoaling - only that it was well buoyed. I still would think that our mast was going to hit, and I always look up at the bridge to check. It's particularly scary in Norfolk with the lift bridges - the bridge tender just runs the bridge up high enough to clear the tallest mast and not all the way to the top. They say if you are at the top of the mast and the bridge gets higher and highter, the mast will clear, but if it gets lower and lower, it will hit. Not something I intend to try, although it might be more feasible on a power boat. We tried going through one of the side arches of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge once, and even though I KNEW it was tall enough, I about had a heart attack. The Wrightsville Beach bridge was a lot easier than I thought it would be. My only previous sailing experience was on the Chesapeake, and I'd never crossed a draw-bridge before, so I was a little nervous. I paid the current due respect but was glad to learn the potential for being sucked under the bridge wasn't as bad as I'd thought. Again, this depends on the wind and current. If either the wind or current is sweeping toward the bridge it can be nasty. Don't get complacent. But if the current is pushing you away from the bridge, it's pretty easy to idle in front of the bridge until it opens. The other thing about non-fixed bridges is that you have to have the correct radio channel to call them on. That particular bridge is somewhat complicated by the launch ramp on the north side and the marinas and channel on the south side. grandma Rosalie |
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Bryan Minihan wrote: Well I just completed my first big "trip", in which I spent more than an afternoon or evening sailing a charted course through more than one zip code. I must say I truly loved it, and think I'm never going to be able to stay away from our boat for too long without yearning to go out again. Glad it all worked out for you. snip As for the trip itself, here's the run-down: Snow's cut was one of the easiest parts of the trip. There was no shoaling, although the 65ft bridge seemed a bit too short (at the time) for our 52ft mast...I swear I thought we were going to hit the bridge. Snow's cut can be a piece of cake depending on the current. Or it can be a tiger. WHen I last went through there, there was a red floater all the way out toward the green side marking a shoal, so I would hesitate to say there was NO shoaling - only that it was well buoyed. I still would think that our mast was going to hit, and I always look up at the bridge to check. It's particularly scary in Norfolk with the lift bridges - the bridge tender just runs the bridge up high enough to clear the tallest mast and not all the way to the top. They say if you are at the top of the mast and the bridge gets higher and highter, the mast will clear, but if it gets lower and lower, it will hit. Not something I intend to try, although it might be more feasible on a power boat. We tried going through one of the side arches of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge once, and even though I KNEW it was tall enough, I about had a heart attack. The Wrightsville Beach bridge was a lot easier than I thought it would be. My only previous sailing experience was on the Chesapeake, and I'd never crossed a draw-bridge before, so I was a little nervous. I paid the current due respect but was glad to learn the potential for being sucked under the bridge wasn't as bad as I'd thought. Again, this depends on the wind and current. If either the wind or current is sweeping toward the bridge it can be nasty. Don't get complacent. But if the current is pushing you away from the bridge, it's pretty easy to idle in front of the bridge until it opens. The other thing about non-fixed bridges is that you have to have the correct radio channel to call them on. That particular bridge is somewhat complicated by the launch ramp on the north side and the marinas and channel on the south side. grandma Rosalie |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Hey, Captain Bryan,
Glad to hear your little shakedown cruise went well, especially since you don't even mention that the weather was a tad chilly as well as windy. And you did well with only running aground three times, although I'm assuming you were able to run the outside from Wrightsville to Beaufort - no mention of other bridge issues. Anyhow, I'm moored in Sneads Ferry and know every creek and channel from Myrtle Beach to Cape Lookout, including New River and Bogue inlets, where "local knowledge" means ten minutes ago. So let me know if you need if you need any advice. Will escape from work mid-May and hope to spend as much time with local cruising as possible and maybe catch a few fish offshore. Maybe I'll see you out at lookout around July Fourth. Good sailing. muskrat |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Hey, Captain Bryan,
Glad to hear your little shakedown cruise went well, especially since you don't even mention that the weather was a tad chilly as well as windy. And you did well with only running aground three times, although I'm assuming you were able to run the outside from Wrightsville to Beaufort - no mention of other bridge issues. Anyhow, I'm moored in Sneads Ferry and know every creek and channel from Myrtle Beach to Cape Lookout, including New River and Bogue inlets, where "local knowledge" means ten minutes ago. So let me know if you need if you need any advice. Will escape from work mid-May and hope to spend as much time with local cruising as possible and maybe catch a few fish offshore. Maybe I'll see you out at lookout around July Fourth. Good sailing. muskrat |
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Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Hi, Captain Rick,
Six feet on the ICW is always a risk, as you know, but I think you can make it if you watch the tides. Was last through Lockwoods in September while fleeing Hurricane Isabelle and didn't have a problem. Granted I'm shallow draft, but I don't recall any alarms going off. Shoaling there as well as at little inlets from Sneads Ferry to Swansboro is definitely occurring, but the tows and big shrimpers are passing by regularly and no doubt kicking up the sand. The secret will be to keep to the land side. In other words, go to port at the first sign of trouble while heading north - especially when traversing inlets - and even if this means getting uncomfortably close to the west bank, and the coming spring tides should definitely be an asset, as you already know. The good news is that recent dredging projects just north of Camp Lejeune, just south of Swansboro, and just south of Morehead have removed problems there. My biggest worry would be, as always, the stinking rock ledges between Barefoot Landing and Doc Holidays at North Myrtle Beach. Hope this helps, good sailing, and keep in touch. Muskrat |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Hi, Captain Rick,
Six feet on the ICW is always a risk, as you know, but I think you can make it if you watch the tides. Was last through Lockwoods in September while fleeing Hurricane Isabelle and didn't have a problem. Granted I'm shallow draft, but I don't recall any alarms going off. Shoaling there as well as at little inlets from Sneads Ferry to Swansboro is definitely occurring, but the tows and big shrimpers are passing by regularly and no doubt kicking up the sand. The secret will be to keep to the land side. In other words, go to port at the first sign of trouble while heading north - especially when traversing inlets - and even if this means getting uncomfortably close to the west bank, and the coming spring tides should definitely be an asset, as you already know. The good news is that recent dredging projects just north of Camp Lejeune, just south of Swansboro, and just south of Morehead have removed problems there. My biggest worry would be, as always, the stinking rock ledges between Barefoot Landing and Doc Holidays at North Myrtle Beach. Hope this helps, good sailing, and keep in touch. Muskrat |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
My biggest worry would be, as always, the
stinking rock ledges between Barefoot Landing and Doc Holidays at North Myrtle Beach. Hope this helps, good sailing, and keep in touch. Muskrat Thanks Muskrat, I don't mind the "rockpile" - there's lots of water there. Glad to hear they're doing some dredging. I thought the Corps of Engineers didn't have any funds. I ran aground in that turn before Swansboro going north a few years ago. I gather that bad stretch south of Morehead City is gone. If the weather's ok I'll go out at Charleston and in at Wrightsville and then out again to Beaufort. I guess I'll have to miss Barefoot. Rick Itenson La Belle Aurore Toronto |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
My biggest worry would be, as always, the
stinking rock ledges between Barefoot Landing and Doc Holidays at North Myrtle Beach. Hope this helps, good sailing, and keep in touch. Muskrat Thanks Muskrat, I don't mind the "rockpile" - there's lots of water there. Glad to hear they're doing some dredging. I thought the Corps of Engineers didn't have any funds. I ran aground in that turn before Swansboro going north a few years ago. I gather that bad stretch south of Morehead City is gone. If the weather's ok I'll go out at Charleston and in at Wrightsville and then out again to Beaufort. I guess I'll have to miss Barefoot. Rick Itenson La Belle Aurore Toronto |
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Rick Itenson wrote:
What's the latest on Lockwood's Folly. Heading up that way soon and Corps of Engineers says there's only five feet there. We went through last week at low tide, and it was about 5 1/2' Go on a higher tide, keep to landward (as Muskrat said) and watch the current. The tide fall is not a lot, but this lulls many people into a false sense of security... the current is swift and it will pull you out of the channel if you let it. ... Also would appreciate info on New River area,apparently shopaled up there too. Yes IMHO this is worse than Lockwood's Folly. There's a bigger area to guess where the channel is. We bumped something (a log?) underwater nearer the red-bouy side on the north/east side of the inlet. On the way back we kept more toward the green and were all right. ... I need six feet.. Are there many boats going north through Lockwood's Folly or are most of them going outside. There was a LOT of traffic going inside last week. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington toNew Bern
Rick Itenson wrote:
What's the latest on Lockwood's Folly. Heading up that way soon and Corps of Engineers says there's only five feet there. We went through last week at low tide, and it was about 5 1/2' Go on a higher tide, keep to landward (as Muskrat said) and watch the current. The tide fall is not a lot, but this lulls many people into a false sense of security... the current is swift and it will pull you out of the channel if you let it. ... Also would appreciate info on New River area,apparently shopaled up there too. Yes IMHO this is worse than Lockwood's Folly. There's a bigger area to guess where the channel is. We bumped something (a log?) underwater nearer the red-bouy side on the north/east side of the inlet. On the way back we kept more toward the green and were all right. ... I need six feet.. Are there many boats going north through Lockwood's Folly or are most of them going outside. There was a LOT of traffic going inside last week. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Hey, Captain Rick,
Don't blame you a bit for going to the outside, especially if the weather the calls for those lovely s'westerlies we usually can rely on this time of year. Good chance to run up all sails, and no need to bother with those pesky bridges, bridges, bridges. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need a crew - hint, hint. By the way, the rockpile has gotten more interesting now that a freaking big gambling boat runs through twice a day. Might be deep, but sure is narrow - yikes! Apologies to Capt. Bryan for hijacking thread. Later, 'gators, muskrat |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Hey, Captain Rick,
Don't blame you a bit for going to the outside, especially if the weather the calls for those lovely s'westerlies we usually can rely on this time of year. Good chance to run up all sails, and no need to bother with those pesky bridges, bridges, bridges. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need a crew - hint, hint. By the way, the rockpile has gotten more interesting now that a freaking big gambling boat runs through twice a day. Might be deep, but sure is narrow - yikes! Apologies to Capt. Bryan for hijacking thread. Later, 'gators, muskrat |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Hey, Captain Doug,
Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking around the intersection of New River and the ICW. Last week another boater had a problem there - hit something which ripped shaft from stuffing box and jammed prop into rudder. Nearly sank and is still on the hill. Will definitely be taking it slow through that area for quite a while unless a marker magically appears. Fat chance! May the wind be at your back, muskrat |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Hey, Captain Doug,
Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking around the intersection of New River and the ICW. Last week another boater had a problem there - hit something which ripped shaft from stuffing box and jammed prop into rudder. Nearly sank and is still on the hill. Will definitely be taking it slow through that area for quite a while unless a marker magically appears. Fat chance! May the wind be at your back, muskrat |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington toNew Bern
muskrat wrote:
Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking around the intersection of New River and the ICW. Last week another boater had a problem there - hit something which ripped shaft from stuffing box and jammed prop into rudder. Nearly sank and is still on the hill. Bummer. What kind of boat? We've had pretty good luck (knock wood) in that department, we've hit stuff where the water was theoritically deep enough, and nothing showed on the surface, in places like the Trent, the Pasquotank (now there's a beautiful river), Topsail channel, and now this New River channel junction. We've got a full skeg but it still isn't bulletproof. Will definitely be taking it slow through that area for quite a while unless a marker magically appears. Fat chance! It's a good place to be careful. I'm glad to see some sensible discussion of going outside. Why do so many people buy heavy displacement "offshore" cruisers and then putt-putt up and down the ICW? When we get an autopilot, I'm planning to take the tugboat outside for as much of the route as feasible. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington toNew Bern
muskrat wrote:
Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking around the intersection of New River and the ICW. Last week another boater had a problem there - hit something which ripped shaft from stuffing box and jammed prop into rudder. Nearly sank and is still on the hill. Bummer. What kind of boat? We've had pretty good luck (knock wood) in that department, we've hit stuff where the water was theoritically deep enough, and nothing showed on the surface, in places like the Trent, the Pasquotank (now there's a beautiful river), Topsail channel, and now this New River channel junction. We've got a full skeg but it still isn't bulletproof. Will definitely be taking it slow through that area for quite a while unless a marker magically appears. Fat chance! It's a good place to be careful. I'm glad to see some sensible discussion of going outside. Why do so many people buy heavy displacement "offshore" cruisers and then putt-putt up and down the ICW? When we get an autopilot, I'm planning to take the tugboat outside for as much of the route as feasible. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
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We've gone offshore more this trip than at any time in the past. Of course we were in the Hawk Channel going up the Keys, and we went from Indian Key up to Miami in one shot (we are a very slow boat and it took us 13 hours) and anchored after dark off Key Biscayne. We usually take a couple of days to do this trip, but the weather was going to be really nasty (and WAS really nasty) and it wouldn't have made any difference going up the bay side - would still have been nasty. The difference with the Hawk Channel side is there's no place for us to go with 5' draft and 58.5' mast. We just have to anchor and take it. Then after we visited daughter SIL and grandchildren we went Miami to Ft. Pierce, and again from the St. Mary's River to Charleston. This took 27 hours and went OK but we arrived in dense fog. After we visit son, DIL and grandchildren there, we went from Charleston to the Cape Fear River. This avoids the Rockpile, and Lockwood's Folly both plus the Sunset Beach bridge which is aground at low tide. We were going to arrive at 3 am so we had to tack a bit to slow down so that someone would be at the marina when we got there, and this took us 23 hours. We are considering offshore from Masonboro (where we are now - Saw 8.3 ft at Carolina Beach when the tide was almost high - 3.7 feet) to Morehead City, but probably will not. (muskrat) wrote: Hi, Captain Rick, Six feet on the ICW is always a risk, as you know, but I think you can make it if you watch the tides. Was last through Lockwoods in September while fleeing Hurricane Isabelle and didn't have a problem. Granted I'm shallow draft, but I don't recall any alarms going off. Shoaling there as well as at little inlets from Sneads Ferry to Swansboro is definitely occurring, but the tows and big shrimpers are passing by regularly and no doubt kicking up the sand. The secret will be to keep to the land side. In other words, go to port at the first sign of trouble while heading north - especially when traversing inlets - and even if this means getting uncomfortably close to the west bank, and the coming spring tides should definitely be an asset, as you already know. The good news is that recent dredging projects just north of Camp Lejeune, just south of Swansboro, and just south of Morehead have removed problems there. My biggest worry would be, as always, the stinking rock ledges between Barefoot Landing and Doc Holidays at North Myrtle Beach. Hope this helps, good sailing, and keep in touch. Muskrat grandma Rosalie |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
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We've gone offshore more this trip than at any time in the past. Of course we were in the Hawk Channel going up the Keys, and we went from Indian Key up to Miami in one shot (we are a very slow boat and it took us 13 hours) and anchored after dark off Key Biscayne. We usually take a couple of days to do this trip, but the weather was going to be really nasty (and WAS really nasty) and it wouldn't have made any difference going up the bay side - would still have been nasty. The difference with the Hawk Channel side is there's no place for us to go with 5' draft and 58.5' mast. We just have to anchor and take it. Then after we visited daughter SIL and grandchildren we went Miami to Ft. Pierce, and again from the St. Mary's River to Charleston. This took 27 hours and went OK but we arrived in dense fog. After we visit son, DIL and grandchildren there, we went from Charleston to the Cape Fear River. This avoids the Rockpile, and Lockwood's Folly both plus the Sunset Beach bridge which is aground at low tide. We were going to arrive at 3 am so we had to tack a bit to slow down so that someone would be at the marina when we got there, and this took us 23 hours. We are considering offshore from Masonboro (where we are now - Saw 8.3 ft at Carolina Beach when the tide was almost high - 3.7 feet) to Morehead City, but probably will not. (muskrat) wrote: Hi, Captain Rick, Six feet on the ICW is always a risk, as you know, but I think you can make it if you watch the tides. Was last through Lockwoods in September while fleeing Hurricane Isabelle and didn't have a problem. Granted I'm shallow draft, but I don't recall any alarms going off. Shoaling there as well as at little inlets from Sneads Ferry to Swansboro is definitely occurring, but the tows and big shrimpers are passing by regularly and no doubt kicking up the sand. The secret will be to keep to the land side. In other words, go to port at the first sign of trouble while heading north - especially when traversing inlets - and even if this means getting uncomfortably close to the west bank, and the coming spring tides should definitely be an asset, as you already know. The good news is that recent dredging projects just north of Camp Lejeune, just south of Swansboro, and just south of Morehead have removed problems there. My biggest worry would be, as always, the stinking rock ledges between Barefoot Landing and Doc Holidays at North Myrtle Beach. Hope this helps, good sailing, and keep in touch. Muskrat grandma Rosalie |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:13:28 -0400, DSK wrote:
muskrat wrote: Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking around the intersection of New River and the ICW. I'm glad to see some sensible discussion of going outside. Why do so many people buy heavy displacement "offshore" cruisers and then putt-putt up and down the ICW? When we get an autopilot, I'm planning to take the tugboat outside for as much of the route as feasible. Fresh Breezes- Doug King Doug, It's all dependent on the weather for us. Rather than waiting 3 or 4 days for weather we'll go inside. However with more and more shoaling I guess we'll be doing more and more waiting. Rick "Breathless" |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:13:28 -0400, DSK wrote:
muskrat wrote: Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking around the intersection of New River and the ICW. I'm glad to see some sensible discussion of going outside. Why do so many people buy heavy displacement "offshore" cruisers and then putt-putt up and down the ICW? When we get an autopilot, I'm planning to take the tugboat outside for as much of the route as feasible. Fresh Breezes- Doug King Doug, It's all dependent on the weather for us. Rather than waiting 3 or 4 days for weather we'll go inside. However with more and more shoaling I guess we'll be doing more and more waiting. Rick "Breathless" |
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Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Hey, Cap'n Doug,
Wounded boat was a late model Chris about 30', twin screws with glass hull. Was surprised and pleased to see no hull damage. And hey, Cap'n Rick, Lovely s'westerly winds this weekend, but absolutely no water at low tides. Worst I've seen since lunar new year. Waiting for the outside sounds better all the time. Good sailing to all, muskrat |
Wilmington-New Bern Trip Report - Was NC Charts Wilmington to New Bern
Hey, Cap'n Doug,
Wounded boat was a late model Chris about 30', twin screws with glass hull. Was surprised and pleased to see no hull damage. And hey, Cap'n Rick, Lovely s'westerly winds this weekend, but absolutely no water at low tides. Worst I've seen since lunar new year. Waiting for the outside sounds better all the time. Good sailing to all, muskrat |
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(muskrat) wrote: Hey, Captain Doug, Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking around the intersection of New River and the ICW. Last week another boater had a problem there - hit something which ripped shaft from stuffing box and jammed prop into rudder. Nearly sank and is still on the hill. Will definitely be taking it slow through that area for quite a while unless a marker magically appears. Fat chance! May the wind be at your back, muskrat We got from Southport to Masonboro OK, and considered going outside but did not. (We took a short day because of the long trip outside to Southport which we still have not recovered from) We were basically aground in Southport Marina at low tide, and so were the floating docks. Bald Head apparently has no fuel at present. On the way north the next day, right about MM 285 south of Wrightsville Beach (opposite Shinn Creek) we ran hard aground in the channel close to the red side. Had to get TowBoatUS to drag us off. We got to Harbour Village Marina (another short day) without too much other problems. Today we did not run aground on the way to Swansboro. We transited the New River area an near high tide (probably about 2.5 feet) and the lowest depth we saw was 7 feet at the south red floater. Also 8 feet at the south side of the inlet and 9 feet at the north red floater. It was none-the-less stressful. Someone did come in to Swansboro with a bent prop who had a draft of 3.5 feet (we draw 5 feet) It was probably better that we not go outside though, as the marine corp has been conducting live fire exercises off the coast 15 miles, and today a warship had a fouled bore on one of the guns and was having to tell sailboats to stay 15 nm away from him. We couldn't go through the Onslow Beach bridge until noon, as has been the case each of the last 3 days. We are both quite tired and stressed, and will be glad to finally get home. grandma Rosalie S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD CSY 44 WO #156 http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id2.html |
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