After several attempts, Brian woke our sleepy Westerbeke and placed a pot of espresso on the stove. I slid slowly out of bed as the engine roared to life, and the sun cast yellow rays onto the foggy waters of the Pasquotank River. By the time I had climbed into my blue jeans, Brian was [...]
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After a peaceful day of winding through swamp lands and along the Pasquotank River, we pulled up to the public docks at Elizabeth City, NC. The small southern town is known to cruisers as the “Harbor of Hospitality” and for handing out wine and roses to boaters stopping over for the night. To our dismay, [...] Having taken both routes now, I am all in favor of the Great Dismal Swamp route. It’s beautiful, remote, the locks keepers are friendly (the first keeper even played one of his conchs for us upon request), the history is quite interesting, and Elizabeth City has free public docks. Really, what more could you ask [...] I was so excited to have internet on the boat, that I was planning to post live from the Dismal Swamp last night….unfortunately the Dismal Swamp was a little too remote for the internet. You’ll just have to accept a post from the lovely Elizabeth City instead. We’ve had a pleasant few days on the [...] Illusion covered the coast of South Carolina in just two full days of offshore sailing, and had conditions been a little more favorable, we could have probably made the trip in less time. In contrast, it took us a couple weeks to cover the coastline of North Carolina on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). Partly [...] Rockville, SC, to Hilton Head Island via the ICW: 3/8 – 3/10. It was great to get to know Illusion again (and on the water!), after nine weeks in the boatyard. This being our first (test) leg of the trip, a leisurely motor down the ICW to Hilton Head Island, there was much to go over. [...] |
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