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Capt Suz & Tybee Rowe sail the SOBX of North Carolina~

08 October 2023 | Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival, St. Michaels, MD
03 October 2023 | Cedar Point
20 June 2020 | Hammocks Beach State Park, NC
23 October 2019 | Peletier Creek, NC
19 July 2019 | Peletier Creek, NC
12 October 2018
08 October 2018 | Emerald Isle and Fort Macon, Bogue Banks, NC
08 October 2017 | Emerald Isle, NC
08 August 2017 | Bogue Inlet to Shackleford Banks, North Carolina's Crystal Coast
13 February 2017 | Sparrow
08 May 2016 | Beaufort, NC Maritime Museum Wooden Boat Show & Plein Air Competition
17 April 2016 | New River, Jacksonville, NC
04 September 2015 | MHC, NC
21 June 2015 | Crystal Coast - NC
21 April 2015 | New River, Jacksonville, NC
07 April 2015 | envoyage from MHC to Jacksonville, NC
20 August 2014 | Morehead City, North Carolina
30 May 2014 | Morehead City, NC
28 March 2014 | Russel's Boat Yard, MHC-NC

BEAUFORT BOUND!

15 April 2013 | Carolina Inland Seas
Beautiful...wind on the nose!
Took us two days three nights to reach our destination and travel back for vehicles. First night we spent in Bath, North Carolina in a gunkhole cove wondering where the legendary pirates might be~
Majority of the voyage took place from sun up to sun down on the second day. From Bath down the Pamlico River to the ICW that left me in the shipping channel with a two barge tug coming up my tail the whole way until we entered the Pamlico Sound at the mouth of the Neuse River and wide open spaces.
SPARROW's African Queen ran like a top, I've begun to trust her now. Was considering stopping in Oriental, but the afternoon was bright and headed on into Adam's Creek instead and on down to Beaufort's Gallant's Channel access to the NC Maritime Museum docks. We anchored for the night until permission was granted the next morning to come ashore and tie up for the month until the Wooden Boat Show.
The dink "Little Star" handed down from the "ARIES" (my parent's boat) did a wonderful job getting Kelly Belle ashore when nature called. She rows as well as I remember, but we had the sailing gear along if needed. Kelly Belle actually slept most of the way~
I am thoroughly impressed with the sea-kindly nature of the SPARROW. Most of the voyage was relatively calm with the wind on our nose, but the first night threw us some big rollers and she managed them well and carried us in without issue. (well maybe one). We had the boom crutch lengthened for the raising of the gooseneck and headroom in the cockpit, and it's pins did not stay put...quite annoying actually...that will have to be rethought! Everything else on the voyage performed without a hitch....it was a beautiful weekend for the move...and the maiden voyage was a success!
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Vessel Name: IVORY BELLE _/)
Vessel Make/Model: Penobscot 17' gunter rig pulling boat
Hailing Port: Swansboro, NC, USA
Crew: Capt Suz & Tybee Rowe
About: Tybee Rowe is a newbie to the sailing scene, we're hoping he'll take to it. As for me, the seas in my veins & my tradition remains~
Extra:
a lifetime of boats: 11' cat-rigged Penquin 16' Hobie catamaran DN Iceboat 26' Seafarer sloop 41' Corinthian trimaran (liveaboard) 23' San Juan sloop 23' Venture of Newport cutter 17' O'Day daysailor Native Watercraft Kayak 14' Hobie catamaran 14' Hilu proa Mistral Windsurfer 17' NC [...]
Home Page: http://studioenVoyage.com
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IVORY BELLE _/)'s Photos - Main
Various restoration projects to bring TWINKLE back to being a sweet sailor~
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Created 3 October 2023
Decided to attempt to put together a collage of all the "beautiful swimmers" I've had the privilege to sail upon~ _/)
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Created 20 January 2022
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Created 17 October 2018
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Created 8 August 2017
The SPARROW's mission is two-fold: to document for beauty and science.
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Created 4 September 2015
This album will be dedicated to all the MANY projects the SPARROW and I have encountered in bringing her back up to a "beautiful swimmer" status~
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Created 4 September 2015
Highlights from the Voyages of the Sparrow
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Created 27 September 2013
s/v SPARROW enVoyage
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Created 12 September 2013