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Old 08-31-2015, 12:22 PM   #1
Heron
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City: Cypress Landing Marina (NC)
Vessel Name: Heron (2)
Vessel Model: '88 Cape Dory 28 Flybridge #115
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Meeting people....Not a day goes by.....

it seems that we don't meet some interesting boat people when on the water. This weekend we took a short trip to Bath NC and moored at the State dock...Sunday morning a gentleman stopped by who lives 2 weeks out of the month on his homebuilt 34' sailboat at the adjacent marina. The other 2 weeks he heads to Charlotte to care for his 95 year old mother. He brought us Blueberries! We had a fascinating chat..
A bunch of Dolphins frolic'd around our boat when anchored out in Bath creek Sat. afternoon.

On the way home Sunday we helped tow in a homebuilt 20 ft 2 masted skiff who had run out of wind. He built it out of Oak and Mahogany. He and his daughter were 3 miles from the ramp and rowing! He's thinking of moving from NH, and I had some local info on job opportunities in his Pharmaceutical specialty.

Later, back in Washington we met Captain Jeff who runs the 85' "Belle of Washington"
http://www.thebelleofwashingtoncruises.com/
dinner cruise boat and helps out on the Jeanie B (a 72' steel schooner berthed right next to us) on the weekends. http://www.jeanieb.com/

. Always fun to see the people that come for a 2 hour sailing tour of the upper Pamlico. Then an older gentleman passing through on a Pilgrim 40 from Texas stopped by to chat. There was a nice Selene out of Florida docked for the weekend too..



Always interesting, always fun. We've met a lot of nice people now that we're back on the water...

Heron at the State dock in Bath:



The Admiral, keeping an eye on me! ( I do need constant supervision!)


This retirement thing seems to be working out...

We moor right next to the Jeanie B..

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