SeaZen

Well…I slept in on the day that we left Beaufort. But I do remember that, well…. um ….. ah …. we are in a time warp. I and the crew don’t remember even though it was only 4 days ago. What I do remember is when we pulled into Swansboro, NC  we went looking for a good place to anchor. We tried many times with no success. Finally we were a little in the channel and the anchor bit tight. It almost pulled mom off the boat. I grabbed her in time though. We wondered if we were in the way of some fishermen. Dad and I went over to talk to them. The 2 horse dinghy engine was putting along and we were about there and it stalled with a putt- putt- puutt bang!!! and it was out. We just drifted in and tied off to the dock. I had to stay with the dinghy and dad went into ask. The fishermen said that we were fine and that they thanked us for asking them.  That night our friends from the mighty vessel Sponge pulled into the anchorage. I asked Brian and Nicole  if they wanted to come over  for a wine dinner ( for me, hold the wine.) It was really fun and we stuffed ourselves. The fun part was that we had home-baked cookies at the end. After our fun night Brian and Nicole were leaving to go to their boat. Sponge had drifted upstream in the strong current and was speeding swiftly toward the bridge dragging the  anchor. They went over as fast as they could in their little dinghy. Next they called dad over to help them because their line to their dinghy had gotten into the Sponges’ prop. I went to sleep but everything was fine for them in the end. The next morning we were going to see the town of Swansboro. First we took Luna for an w-a-l-k. She  LOVED IT. We walked every where, into this old cemetery which had HUGE trees. I think they were southern oak, but I’m not sure. We put Luna back in the boat. Next we went to an internet cafe to charge the computers and go on the internet. That was another day gone by. We left Swansboro the next morning and went down the ICW some more. We say many things through the twists and turns of the many rivers. There were so many dolphins around us I never got to see it because I had taken a bash in the cockpit and was crying ( sad but true.)   The bad part of the day was when we had to wait for a bridge to open. It was an hour…. so boring, but we got by. Then we went under the bridge to our anchorage in Wrightsville. The next morning we shoved off  bright and early to get to the destination on time, Southport, NC. I was below most of the day healing and sleeping. I don’t know much. I was up for the arrival and we looked around the harbor and did not find any free docks. Then we saw them: the sliver lining of that cloud. We docked and met a woman named Brenda that need some help moving her boat because her boat would not go into forward gear. with some of her friends we  helped her with moving her boat . We guided her in and tied the lines down. Today I went to help Brenda with fixing her halyard* and topping lift*. I went up her boat Solstice’s mast and stayed up there trying everything I could think of to fix the topping lift. Finally I got the little biner onto the back stay* and a leg numming job well done! I have to go up again to fix something else on the halyard. That’s all for now folks!!!!