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| Spring 2009 - Florida to New Hampshire |
| Snowbirds heading north on the ICW in North Carolina just north of the Surf City bridge. Naturally, we were leading the pack! |
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| Official Log of Sno' Dog - Jensen Beach, FL to Portsmouth, NH - Spring 2009 - Page 2 |
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| 05/09/09 - 10:15 AM - Dep Surf City. - fair 76, wind SSW 15 12:00 noon - Through Onslow Beach Bridge 2:30 PM - Arr: Beaufort, NC - Beaufort Docks Today: 49.5 n mi. - Eng: 4.5 hrs |
| North of Surf City, we met PDQ Time for Us owned by Myron and Barbara Rapaport. They're headed for the Chesapeake. |
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| At Beaufort Docks, we docked right next to Time for Us |
| 05/10/09 - 9:45 AM - Dep Beaufort Dks. - fair 74, wind NW 10 Happy 10:00 AM - Through Beaufort Bridge Mother's 12:30 PM - Arr: Oriental, NC - Oriental Marina Day! Today: 19.7 n mi. - Eng: 2.9 hrs (easy day!) 05/11/09 - 8:15 AM - Dep Oriental - cloudy, temp 67, wind NE 9:25 AM - off Maw Pt., wind increasing NE 20 kts 11:00 AM - enter Pungo R., Pamlico R. very rough! 12:00 noon - Arr: Belhaven, NC - temp 63, Cold! Waterway Marina, very peaceful! Today: 37.6 n mi. - Eng: 3.7 hrs (rough day!) |
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| Sno' Dog docked at the Oriental Marina. We didn't see any snakes, but notice how nicely our boat fits in one of their slips - no sweat! |
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| 05/12/09 - 9:20 AM - Dep Belhaven - fair, 58(!), wind N 10 10:00 AM - enter Pungo R.- Alligator R. Canal 12:30 PM - through Alligator R. bridge 12:45 PM - towed grounded boat (Sunfun) off shoal 3:15 PM - Arr: Coinjock, VA - Coinjock Marina Filled fuel tanks: 108.9 gal. 296 n mi since last fill-up in Georgetown, SC: 29.1 hrs, 3.74 gal/hr, 3.12 mpg ! Today: 73.7 n mi. - Eng: 5.7 hrs (lovely day) 05/13/09 - 9:30 AM - Dep Coinjock - fair, 68, wind ENE 10 12:30 PM - stopped at Great Bridge - free dock walked to shopping center for groceries 2:00 PM - thru Great Bridge Lock 3:45 PM - Arr: Norfolk, VA - Waterside Marina Today: 40.8 n mi. - Eng: 5.3 hrs Nancy flies back to NH tomorrow - Madison & I will carry on... |
| At the end of a long cold & windy day, the sun finally broke out! This at the Belhaven Waterway Marina in NC - which is now sadly for sale. |
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| We've seen this gorgeous old 75' Trumpy motoryacht, S.S. Sophie several times along the ICW. The rumor is that she belongs to Fox TV personality, Greta Van Susteren. |
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| At the other end of the spectrum, a Lagoon 43 powercat, Loretta Jean - following us at 18 knots just before Coinjock. Comparing notes at the fuel dock we learned she averages only one mile per gallon as compared to our 3 mpg. |