Morehead City, NC, to Whittaker Pointe Marina, Oriental, NC: We only had about 25 miles to go today so we got going about 09:00. The weather report said the winds would be 10 to 15 knots with 2 to 3 foot seas. All was well until we entered the Neuse River (very wide river) about an hour before we reached our marina. It turned out to be 30 plus knots and at lease 4 foot seas. It was pretty tense and a few things fell down but we got to the marina safely and there were 3 men on the dock waiting to bring us in. We are real impressed with this marina. It looks like it is fairly new, has fixed docks, and it is very clean, friendly, has free laundry and is only $1.25/ foot per day. They also have a loaner car so we went into town and checked it out and had lunch. The weather predictions were for more strong winds on the Neuse River on Saturday so we stayed another day.
CO's comments: The weather forecasting so far on the east coast has been horrible. You would think with the billions of dollars that have been spent on electronic gear would be more accurate, but it isn't. I think 30 years ago we were doing just as well in forecasting if not better. Back then we had eyes in the sky and today it is a damn computer. This comes from over 45 years of flying.
N35 01.788
W76 40.889
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| Leaving Morehead on Friday 4-22-2011 |
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| Whittaker Pointe Marina |
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Shoaling on both sides of the channel
and these are the range markers to
follow in to the marina |
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| Out sailing for the afternoon 4-23-2011 |
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| Sunset at Whittaker Pointe Marina on 4-23-2011 |
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