From Belhaven to River Dunes to Moorehead City Yacht Basin

A perfect sail down to River Dunes with nice winds that allowed an engine off period.

A couple of nice sailboats to see along the way.




Photos courtesy of Drew Sunstein (on Shawnee).  Blog courtesy of Deborah Twombly (at home)




 
 They followed the Pungo River to the Neuse River and tucked in at River Dunes.

    Arrived dockside, such a wonderfully protected marina, and hurricane hole, always calm. 


 



Saturday morning they ate breakfast at the River Dunes cafe and left at a reasonable hour for Moorehead City Yacht Basin, about a 5 hour motor at 6k.  When they arrived Drew's Esbar heater was waiting for him.  He actually did install it in a couple of hours.  Yea - fixed!
  They had dinner at Floyd's 1921 with a couple who have sailed from CA thru the Panama Canal and up to NC.  Reuben ran into Judith Jacobson on Touché, an IP380, who has sailed the globe.  They are headed through the Panama  Canal and down the South American coast.  See this little Youtube of them in Svalbard in 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yaWGWdYlSY
   Luckily, he's found a leak in the mast collar so there will be another project when he arrives in Fort Pierce as well as new blocks to replace that I'm sending to him Monday.  Adam arrives Sunday afternoon to add to the crew for shorter, nicer watches at the helm on the 3.5-day off-shore trip. 
  Seventy-seven degrees today in Moorehead City. Rainy all day in Exeter, NH with temps about 48. Fair winds, you guys!