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We COULD HAVE SUNK (A day full of LOWS sprinkled with some HIGHS, Boat Life)
After a fantastic cruise to the Outer Banks to visit Ocracoke, we had planned to head up the Pamlico Sound to Manteo and continue exploring. Mother Nature had a different…
Cruising to the outer banks (and how we leave docks on our Single Engine Trawler with a Bow Thruster)
We are going to a NEW DESTINATION on the Loop this year – the outer banks of North Carolina to Silver Lake Harbor in Ocracoke Island! But first, we need…
Boat Projects, a Sailing Race, and Drinks with Loopers, A day in our FAVORITE TOWN (Oriental NC)
We’re back baby! Back to one of our favorite stops on the Loop, Oriental, North Carolina. Oriental is a small town, proclaimed as the sailing capital of North Carolina and…
Exploring Bear City before heading into the Sailing Capital of North Carolina, Oriental!
Today we have our favorite type of day on the loop, exploring a new spot as well as a beautiful cruise! We hope you enjoy our walking tour of New…
Timing the tides to New Bern from Beaufort!
Today was a bit rocky at the beginning of the day. We had timed the day to where we left some time to grab breakfast before catching the tide up…
Navigating an ICW Coast Guard SECURITY ZONE on the way to explore Beaufort, North Carolina
Today, a section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is restrictedβ¦ and it’s the section we need to pass through! A few miles outside (and including) Swansboro, North Carolina, the Coast…
MONTHLY EXPENSES ON AMERICA’S GREAT LOOP – MAY 2022
Our third month on the Great Loop was more expensive than we would have hoped. Attending the America’s Great Loop Cruisier’s Association Spring Rendezvous in Norfolk, VA put us about…
Cruising to the beach on the way from Wrightsville Beach to Camp Lejeune by Trawler
The weather finally cleared up and we are able to get moving on the Loop! Before leaving Wrightsville Beach we took Ollie out for a lovely beach walk-in… 50deg weather!…
Finding a protected anchorage off the ICW in Wrightsville Beach on the Great Loop
We have some nasty winds coming to Pivot and it’s time to move anchorages! Fortunately, the cruise from Carolina Beach to Wrightsville Beach is short! We’ve been to Wrightsville Beach…
Choosing our perfect weather window to cruise Cape Fear to Carolina Beach
When we attempted the Loop last year, traveling up Cape Fear was rough. In the morning we lost our wheel at our upper helm, we had large swells and the…
