Dancin Dave
Active Member
Started my trip home on Thursday. Left Hilton Head and arrived in Wrightsville Beach in 12 hours running the outside at 20 kts. This is one of our favorite stops, great facilities and the Bluewater grill restuarant is great overlooking the icw, wow roasted clams and lobstertails and the homemade cheesecake!
Friday left through masonboro inlet and traveled the outside to Beaufort at 16 kts and up the icw to river forest bellhaven NC. 9 hrs. Wow we ran into a nice wind from the north east coming across the Neusse river and thought we were going to get swollowed.The boat handled great as I met each wave with throttle and rudder adjustment, it took a bit to learn that slowing way down could have been deadly and a 10 -12 kt speed had to be maintained as to keep the nose up. anyway at riverforest we met Capt Joe from marine max in Brick. What a nice and kind man. He invited our family to join in on a Marine Max mini rendevous and trip fron Boca Raton Fl heading to NY. It was a pig roast, what a great evening, what a great group of boaters. If anyone knows Capt Joe, he must be your friend, because you cant meet him and not like him. Marine max is lucky to have him.
Well sat morn it was off to coinjock for lunch and fuel and then up to Norfolk.via icw (21.5 kt cruising) While at coinjock, a 55 dancer came in for fuel, let me say for a boat that costs as much as it does the owner had a heck of a time dealing with all the diesel coming out of his tank vent. The vent is flush with the hull not external and impossible to collect the spillage, so out came the diapers, and more diapers. The poor guy had to sop fuel during the entire fill up. 11 hours including the stop on this run.
Well its sunday morning and it was a good 3 day run, however with this this wind storm hitting and the 14 ft seas forcasted its off to the airport and will leave the boat until next weekend.
Friday left through masonboro inlet and traveled the outside to Beaufort at 16 kts and up the icw to river forest bellhaven NC. 9 hrs. Wow we ran into a nice wind from the north east coming across the Neusse river and thought we were going to get swollowed.The boat handled great as I met each wave with throttle and rudder adjustment, it took a bit to learn that slowing way down could have been deadly and a 10 -12 kt speed had to be maintained as to keep the nose up. anyway at riverforest we met Capt Joe from marine max in Brick. What a nice and kind man. He invited our family to join in on a Marine Max mini rendevous and trip fron Boca Raton Fl heading to NY. It was a pig roast, what a great evening, what a great group of boaters. If anyone knows Capt Joe, he must be your friend, because you cant meet him and not like him. Marine max is lucky to have him.
Well sat morn it was off to coinjock for lunch and fuel and then up to Norfolk.via icw (21.5 kt cruising) While at coinjock, a 55 dancer came in for fuel, let me say for a boat that costs as much as it does the owner had a heck of a time dealing with all the diesel coming out of his tank vent. The vent is flush with the hull not external and impossible to collect the spillage, so out came the diapers, and more diapers. The poor guy had to sop fuel during the entire fill up. 11 hours including the stop on this run.
Well its sunday morning and it was a good 3 day run, however with this this wind storm hitting and the 14 ft seas forcasted its off to the airport and will leave the boat until next weekend.