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trailering Spartina
down through North Carolina in a steady rain |
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Steve looking
over the chart the night before launch |
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Bruce at the
tiller in light rain as we head up Core Sound |
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Steve fishing
along the marsh on the Core Banks |
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Bruce taking
notes in his journal in the evening |
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Steve watching
the setting sun out the back of the boom tent |
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Clear skies
and a breeze on Core Sound |
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Bruce relaxing
as we head up Core Sound |
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A thunderstorm
following us north on the way to Wainwright
Island |
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Moving to a
little deeper anchorage at Wainwright Island
with foul weather gear drying out on the boom |
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Bruce walking
across the shallows at Wainwright Island |
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Steve relaxing
at anchor |
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Bruce sleeping
at dawn (note the nearby bug spray) |
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Bow wave at
six knots as we cross the Neuse River |
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Steve at the
tiller on a reach to Oriental |
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After dropping
sails Bruce looks around the harbor at Oriental |
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Tied up at the
public dock in Oriental |
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Evening refreshments
harbor side in Oriental |
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The sun setting
behind the mizzen |
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Down the Intracoastal
Waterway |
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Bruce at the
tiller as we motor down the waterway |
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Passing through
the bascule bridge in Beaufort |
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Anchored off
of Bird Shoal near Beaufort |
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Heading down
Taylor Creek at six knots before dawn |
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Back at the
dock at Harkers Island Fishing Center |
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On the Hatteras-Ocracoke
Ferry as we head home |

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Most folks
have used Google
Earth and if you have you are in for a treat.
Click the image at
left to see a track of Steve's trip. Be sure
to click the push pins for more info about each
location. Let me know what you think.
Chuck |

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