Porpoises playing off the bowS/V Wanderin' Star amid mega yachts at Beaufort Docks, NC
So much for NOAA weather predictions during our offshore passage up the coast...initially the wind was not out of the east or southeast, then it was not enough to put out the sails. We got 10-15 knots downwind the last few hours into Beaufort with building seas to 6 feet. Lovely motoring for 55 hours with porpoises playing off the bow, and an arrival into Beaufort late Monday afternoon (16 June).
Jenny explores the blocks of historic homes (over 100 covering early 1700s to early 1900s) during her morning runs. The North Carolina Maritime Museum is great with a variety of exhibits and ship models. We also wandered through the Old Town Cemetery and stopped for refreshments at the Backstreet Pub. The Beaufort Docks marina has a courtesy car, so we cruised to a grocery store in a Buick Roadmaster station wagon with strips of headliner hanging down rather decoratively.
Jacqueline (know her family from Texas, Krossman) met us for dinner at Clawson's Tuesday night. Her husband, Art, (Marine) is in Afghanistan. Missed Michael's (her dad) visit to North Carolina on his motorcycle a week or so ago. Heard he was wearing his old flight helmet and got an offer of $300 for it (sounding a bit like the movie "Wild Hogs").
Time for a bit of history...Beaufort was established in 1709 (300 years next year) by the British as a seaport after the Coree Indians, then French Huguenots inhabited the area. Unfortunately, the nearby rivers did not extend very far inland, so this port remained small and isolated from the rest of the state. Pirate Blackbeard's (Edward Teach) flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, has been found offshore and its artifacts are in the Maritime Museum. North Carolina was not a great slave state, thus it was the 2d to last state to join the Confederacy. During the Civil War, North Carolina's low enthusiasm for the war kept the state fairly untouched. The Union army had a presence in Beaufort and the surrounding area by 1862 with the locals continuing life pretty much as usual.
Monday (23d June), the Star is going into a boatyard at Core Creek. Time for a bottom paint job and a survey inspection (needed every 3 years for insurance).
So much for NOAA weather predictions during our offshore passage up the coast...initially the wind was not out of the east or southeast, then it was not enough to put out the sails. We got 10-15 knots downwind the last few hours into Beaufort with building seas to 6 feet. Lovely motoring for 55 hours with porpoises playing off the bow, and an arrival into Beaufort late Monday afternoon (16 June).
Jenny explores the blocks of historic homes (over 100 covering early 1700s to early 1900s) during her morning runs. The North Carolina Maritime Museum is great with a variety of exhibits and ship models. We also wandered through the Old Town Cemetery and stopped for refreshments at the Backstreet Pub. The Beaufort Docks marina has a courtesy car, so we cruised to a grocery store in a Buick Roadmaster station wagon with strips of headliner hanging down rather decoratively.
Jacqueline (know her family from Texas, Krossman) met us for dinner at Clawson's Tuesday night. Her husband, Art, (Marine) is in Afghanistan. Missed Michael's (her dad) visit to North Carolina on his motorcycle a week or so ago. Heard he was wearing his old flight helmet and got an offer of $300 for it (sounding a bit like the movie "Wild Hogs").
Time for a bit of history...Beaufort was established in 1709 (300 years next year) by the British as a seaport after the Coree Indians, then French Huguenots inhabited the area. Unfortunately, the nearby rivers did not extend very far inland, so this port remained small and isolated from the rest of the state. Pirate Blackbeard's (Edward Teach) flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, has been found offshore and its artifacts are in the Maritime Museum. North Carolina was not a great slave state, thus it was the 2d to last state to join the Confederacy. During the Civil War, North Carolina's low enthusiasm for the war kept the state fairly untouched. The Union army had a presence in Beaufort and the surrounding area by 1862 with the locals continuing life pretty much as usual.
Monday (23d June), the Star is going into a boatyard at Core Creek. Time for a bottom paint job and a survey inspection (needed every 3 years for insurance).
First home/inn (1709) in Beaufort, NC (vessels once lined up on this home to get into port)
Captain Otway's grave (left with the cannon), famous in the War of 1812 with his vessel, Snapdragon - privateer issued a government note to serve under the new U.S. Navy
Walkway between buildings and a ghost haunting an attic
Another rough day for Bobby
