We left Harbor Village Marina about 8:15 am to try and make the Figure 8 Island Bridge Opening. We lucked out because we would have missed the 9:30 opening, but there was a piece of equipment that broke down on the bridge so it was delayed by 1 hr and 45 minutes. When it finally opened 4 sailboats went through--2 northbound and 2 of us southbound. For the rest of the day we followed Rennaisance through Snows Cut and onto Southport. We stopped at Southport Marina because the City Anchorage was low tide and everybody was aground and in the mud. The "excitement" of the day was when a container ship was gaining on us - boy he was big!!! I called an old sailboat racing friend of mine from Wilmington and he met us tonight. I haven't seen him in at least 10+ years so it was fun to catch up although he didn't stay very long. Here's a photo of the Figure 8 Bridge - where we hung out today for well over an hour waiting for them to open and another photo of the container ship that passed us by today.
4 comments:
I love your blog. It's awesome!
Sil
hi guys
UNBELIEVABLE the dryer even worked!!!! I saw Herbert last night and said you were going on the outside on an overnighter, sure hope you did not fall asleep Tracy!! keep haveing the advanture of a liftime be safe
kevin
Hi Friends, Love your blog. Was great talking with you both today.
Get some rest today sounds like you both may need it. Have fun and get up the blog. To our brave friends.
Pat and Norm
Well, the first of many exciting overnighters. Hope all went well and you can keep us updated soon.
We didn't really mind the ICW in SC but Georgia was a mess.
Tom & Jo
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