Topsail Sound to St James Plantation Marina, Southport, North Carolina
Bev seemed to really be getting into this voyaging by boat.
Southport is at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. And I thought that Cape Fear was an invention of Steven King! St James Plantation is 15 miles West.
Bev had phoned our friends on the Great Catsby. We knew they were staying at St James Marina (a relative bargain at $1.05 per foot after the 25% Boat US discount), so we decided to join them. Fuel was also relatively inexpensive. The marina is the focal point of a gated city. Can you imagine? This concept is totally foreign to me but it certainly is nice. This community has something like 81 holes of golf, no stores (except for the one in the marina), no schools and houses start at something like half a million.
Unfortunately, our friends had already made dinner plans. So that left us at loose ends – but not for long. As we were walking our dogs, another couple (David and Judy), wine glasses in hand, stopped to talk with us. Their dog was the same cross of breeds as Tuck. And here I thought he was unique! After 5 minutes, Bev invited them to the boat for drinks. They countered by inviting us for dinner. Dinner turned out to be a feast of shrimp, hors d’ouvres and salad. The dogs seemed to appreciate the opportunity to play more with a new friend and our new friends turned out to be exceptional dog lovers.
After some internal debate, we decided to spend a second night at the marina. I used the opportunity to fix the outboard (dirt in the carburettor), break the outboard (fried the impellor since it was not quite underwater in the bucket when I was testing it) and sorted out a few other issues.
Bev got to go shopping and have lunch with the girl.
We also met a couple from Newfoundland the boat Intuition also going to Bahamas: Wayne and Geraldine.
That second evening, we were able to join our friends at a country club where weeks old friendships were rekindled and newer ones were made. Went back to a HOUSE for dessert. Thanks Rich and Carol (The Great Catsby) for having such great friends.
Bev seemed to really be getting into this voyaging by boat.
Southport is at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. And I thought that Cape Fear was an invention of Steven King! St James Plantation is 15 miles West.
Bev had phoned our friends on the Great Catsby. We knew they were staying at St James Marina (a relative bargain at $1.05 per foot after the 25% Boat US discount), so we decided to join them. Fuel was also relatively inexpensive. The marina is the focal point of a gated city. Can you imagine? This concept is totally foreign to me but it certainly is nice. This community has something like 81 holes of golf, no stores (except for the one in the marina), no schools and houses start at something like half a million.
Unfortunately, our friends had already made dinner plans. So that left us at loose ends – but not for long. As we were walking our dogs, another couple (David and Judy), wine glasses in hand, stopped to talk with us. Their dog was the same cross of breeds as Tuck. And here I thought he was unique! After 5 minutes, Bev invited them to the boat for drinks. They countered by inviting us for dinner. Dinner turned out to be a feast of shrimp, hors d’ouvres and salad. The dogs seemed to appreciate the opportunity to play more with a new friend and our new friends turned out to be exceptional dog lovers.
After some internal debate, we decided to spend a second night at the marina. I used the opportunity to fix the outboard (dirt in the carburettor), break the outboard (fried the impellor since it was not quite underwater in the bucket when I was testing it) and sorted out a few other issues.
Bev got to go shopping and have lunch with the girl.
We also met a couple from Newfoundland the boat Intuition also going to Bahamas: Wayne and Geraldine.
That second evening, we were able to join our friends at a country club where weeks old friendships were rekindled and newer ones were made. Went back to a HOUSE for dessert. Thanks Rich and Carol (The Great Catsby) for having such great friends.
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