Happy Mother's Day! Left the Coast Guard/Ft. Macon anchorage at 8:30 am to catch the current up the ICW. Cloudy, gray skies. Bumpy anchorage last night with big fishing boats going out with the tide at 4 am this morning. Rock and roll.....


So far, it's been kind of a wet trip to the Neuse River with showers off and on. Tried to put up the headsail but didn't do much good. Headed to Bonner Bay.

At 2:30 we had a little indecision whether or not to go to Bonner Bay or continue another 25 miles to Slade Creek, getting there around 6 or 7 this evening. The wind seems a little fluky and unpredictable this afternoon, so we don't trust it entirely. Decided to give it a go and turned toward Bonner Bay at 3 pm.

Our passage on the Neuse River today was the calmest and most benign we have ever experienced there. Usuallywe have high winds and big waves on the nose.

Ed inched our way into Bonner Bay and Long Creek and we dropped the hook at 3:30 pm in 10 feet of water. The wind is starting to turn to the NE. yeah.