An impromptu "concert" aboard Long Gone with Lee Bettis & Zeke
Thursday, May 22, 2009 -
We left New Bern about 7:30 am and hoped to make it the whole way to Ocracoke but the winds were on the nose so we couldn't sail and the choppy water didn't allow for lots of headway. We made the decision to anchor out in South River and continue to Ocracoke the next morning. The weather was perfect with a nice cool breeze for sleeping. We were visited by a pod of dolphins with their babies which was just WONDERFUL. Vickie and Donnie from "Charisma" joined us in the anchorage about 6 pm and rafted up to Long Gone. We all turned in early with the hope that we would get a very early start.
Friday, May 23, 2009
We left South River about 6:15 am and arrived in Silver Lake at Ocracoke about noon. Luckily "Charisma" and "Long Gone" procured the last 2 slips at the Government Docks. As we were sailing down the channel, we heard a call to "Tally Ho". We met Andrew and Vanessa in Marsh Harbour and they were just on their way home to Maryland from the Bahamas. They too went into Ocracoke and anchored in Silver Lake. They dinghied over for a visit and we all made plans to go for Pizza the following day. On Friday evening Lee Bettis (an attorney from New Bern) came aboard and brought his guitar and we had an impomptu jam session. SO fun!
Saturday, May 24, 2009
Chris and I took a long morning walk to the hardware store and back stopping at several little shops along the way. Vickie, Donnie, Vanessa, Andrew, Chris and I all met at the Pizza place at 2pm for a late lunch/early dinner and we all ordered one topping (an Ocracoke custom). So....it was a pepperoni, sausage, sun dried tomato, mushroom, artichoke and garlic pizza. YUMMY! We ordered one to make sure it all worked together and quickly ordered another to go with all the Coronas!
On Saturday night we probably had the biggest group of musicians on the boat ever. We had 3 guitarists, a bongo player and about 30 folks showed up to sing along. At 10 pm we were visited by the Hyde County Sheriff's Department to ask when we might be "wrapping it up". That certainly killed the sing-a-long! It could not have been any boaters at the docks who complained since they were all part of the party!
Sunday, May 25, 2009
We left early on Sunday morning bound for River Dunes to meet up with "Alchemy" (Dave and Mia), "Picasso" (Faye & Phil) and "Three Sheets" (Vinnie & Sandy). It was a great sail over with just the right amount of wind. We did have to finally roll in all the sails as we neared Broad Creek as a rain squall hit with some heavy wind. We arrived at Grace Harbor about 1 pm and the guys promptly got into Dave's Dinghy to ride over to a new little bar at Paradise Shores. They claimed that the rays were spawning in the river and were everywhere! The girls stayed behind to enjoy the pool and multiple hot tubs. For dinner that night, we all grilled steaks by the pool, brought some potluck side dishes to share and had a great time. Dave drug out his boat guitar and we went down below on "Three Sheets" as the mosquitoes drove us indoors.
Monday, May 26, 2009
We left about 8:30 am and had a gorgeous sail all the way back to New Bern. The wind was perfect and we had a beam reach all the way up the river. It was glorious! We were back in the slip by 3 pm and waited for Vickie and Donnie to arrive about 5 pm. Back to the real world of job hunting.
We left New Bern about 7:30 am and hoped to make it the whole way to Ocracoke but the winds were on the nose so we couldn't sail and the choppy water didn't allow for lots of headway. We made the decision to anchor out in South River and continue to Ocracoke the next morning. The weather was perfect with a nice cool breeze for sleeping. We were visited by a pod of dolphins with their babies which was just WONDERFUL. Vickie and Donnie from "Charisma" joined us in the anchorage about 6 pm and rafted up to Long Gone. We all turned in early with the hope that we would get a very early start.
Friday, May 23, 2009
We left South River about 6:15 am and arrived in Silver Lake at Ocracoke about noon. Luckily "Charisma" and "Long Gone" procured the last 2 slips at the Government Docks. As we were sailing down the channel, we heard a call to "Tally Ho". We met Andrew and Vanessa in Marsh Harbour and they were just on their way home to Maryland from the Bahamas. They too went into Ocracoke and anchored in Silver Lake. They dinghied over for a visit and we all made plans to go for Pizza the following day. On Friday evening Lee Bettis (an attorney from New Bern) came aboard and brought his guitar and we had an impomptu jam session. SO fun!
Saturday, May 24, 2009
Chris and I took a long morning walk to the hardware store and back stopping at several little shops along the way. Vickie, Donnie, Vanessa, Andrew, Chris and I all met at the Pizza place at 2pm for a late lunch/early dinner and we all ordered one topping (an Ocracoke custom). So....it was a pepperoni, sausage, sun dried tomato, mushroom, artichoke and garlic pizza. YUMMY! We ordered one to make sure it all worked together and quickly ordered another to go with all the Coronas!
On Saturday night we probably had the biggest group of musicians on the boat ever. We had 3 guitarists, a bongo player and about 30 folks showed up to sing along. At 10 pm we were visited by the Hyde County Sheriff's Department to ask when we might be "wrapping it up". That certainly killed the sing-a-long! It could not have been any boaters at the docks who complained since they were all part of the party!
Sunday, May 25, 2009
We left early on Sunday morning bound for River Dunes to meet up with "Alchemy" (Dave and Mia), "Picasso" (Faye & Phil) and "Three Sheets" (Vinnie & Sandy). It was a great sail over with just the right amount of wind. We did have to finally roll in all the sails as we neared Broad Creek as a rain squall hit with some heavy wind. We arrived at Grace Harbor about 1 pm and the guys promptly got into Dave's Dinghy to ride over to a new little bar at Paradise Shores. They claimed that the rays were spawning in the river and were everywhere! The girls stayed behind to enjoy the pool and multiple hot tubs. For dinner that night, we all grilled steaks by the pool, brought some potluck side dishes to share and had a great time. Dave drug out his boat guitar and we went down below on "Three Sheets" as the mosquitoes drove us indoors.
Monday, May 26, 2009
We left about 8:30 am and had a gorgeous sail all the way back to New Bern. The wind was perfect and we had a beam reach all the way up the river. It was glorious! We were back in the slip by 3 pm and waited for Vickie and Donnie to arrive about 5 pm. Back to the real world of job hunting.
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