I walked up to the bathhouse, about two blocks up the boardwalk, and took a nice, hot shower. We pulled away from our slip at Beaufort City Docks at 8:40 a.m. and went over to pumpout. We then moved to the face dock behind pumpout to wait for Bum's Rest. I made breakfast while we waited.
At 9:10 a.m. we were underway to make the 9:30 a.m. Beaufort bridged opening. We were only going 20 miles to Oriental. The next stop is Dowry Creek, which is 50 miles from Oriental, but there's no good place to stay in-between.
Sea Tow was sitting at the RG marker and directed us to another channel to exit the harbor. That wasn't a good sign!
Wayne heard from MicMac while I was making lunch. We keeping missing each other!
We arrived at Oriental Harbor Marina, by the bridge, at 12:30 p.m. Oriental is the sailing capital of North Carolina.
As we were pulling into our slip, we heard Sue Schadt from Nice 'n Easy holler over to us. She and her husband, Bill, spent the winter in the Bahamas on their Island Packet 38. They invited us to a cruisers inpromptu lunch down the street, but we had housekeeping and laundry to do, so we didn't make it.
I later invited Bill and Sue to stop by Sheet Music for a drink so we could catch up. I made dinner: salad, salmon, baked potatoes and asparagus with strawberries and cool whip. Bill and Sue arrived with chocolates from Trader Joe's. They were yummy.
Ron Pence introduced us to the Schadts when we were in Annapolis in October. It was great to see them!
Next stop: Dowry Creek, Belhaven, NC.
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