Issue 5 - Carolina Currents

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July/August
2007
Current Destination:
Big Water Allure of
Hartwell Lake
Rockville, Windmills
and Pungo Pirates
C2B Weathers
Nasty Passage
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Sea Trial to
Whortonsville
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Shipwrecks of the
Outer Banks
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Current Contents
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Features
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The Pickle Dish: C2B Weathers Nasty Passage After Festive Start
Sailor’s Life: Sea Trial to Whortonsville
Current Destination: Big Water Allure of Hartwell Lake
Cruising Through: Sailing Away with Lady J
Currently Aweigh: Testing Offshore Waters
Charleston Maritime Festival
Portal to the Past: Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks
Yoga on a Boat
Casting About: Mullet Around
Feature Coverage This Issue:
Edenton, 21
Belhaven, 21
Oriental, 10, 12
Outer
Banks, 23
Hartwell Lake, 14
Charleston, 8, 22
Rockville, 21
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Regatta Roundup: Windmill Nationals, Rockville and More
More Pickles and Product Reviews
Current Destination: Cape Fear, N.C.
Carolinas Sweep Up
Wilmington Riverfest, Moth Boat Nationals,
Georgetown Wooden Boat Show Previews
Classifieds Space Deadline: July 25
On the Cover
Limited Inventory, a Cape Fear 38 skippered by developer
Kent Mitchell, held the lead at April’s Bald Head Island
Regatta until falling to a pair of Esse 850s in light winds
on the final day. See full results online. Photo by Jo Lucey.
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Current
Washington, Morehead Slips Funded
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. - Two
projects in North Carolina are among nine
nationwide funded in the latest round of
federal Boating Infrastructure Grants. The
N.C. Department of Environmental and
Natural Resources, in cooperation with the
town of Morehead City and the Downtown Morehead City Revitalization Association, will receive $310,268 in BIG funds
to match nearly $700,000 for development
of 10 new slips for visiting boaters.
The DENR and City of Washington,
N.C., also received $200,000 to match
more than $100,000 to add more docks for
visiting boaters. The project will add two
finger docks for 12 visiting boats to the
existing city docks on the Pamlico River.
Neuse River Basin Threatened
NEW BERN, N.C. - Environmental
organization American Rivers named the
Neuse River Basin as No. 8 on their 2007
Most Endangered Rivers list. The group
blames water pollution on raw sewage from
“massive hog operations,” habitat destruction and storm water runoff from “sprawling coastal development creeping inland”
and “urban growth in the headwaters.”
One-sixth of the state’s population
resides in the Neuse River basin. Its estuary
serves as a primary nursery for fish and
shellfish, and water sports serve as impor6 Carolina Currents July/August 2007
tant economic drivers for the region. Visit
www.neuseriver.org to learn how to help.
Illustration by Sarah King
Storms Prompt Coast Guard Rescues
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - U.S.
Coast Guard crews from Air Station
Elizabeth City have been busy, rescuing
eight sailors from two sailboats caught in
remnants of Tropical Storm Barry on June
3 and nine others from three boats caught
by Subtropical Storm Andrea on May 7
off the coast of North Carolina. They also
spent a week searching for a sixth boat that
activated its emergency position indicating radio beacon during Andrea. Searchers
found no sign of the 54-foot sailboat Flying Colours or its crew of four.
The early storms may be indicators of
what forecasters predict will be a busier
than usual hurricane season.
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Screwpile Light Gets New Address
EDENTON, N.C. - The
state’s last authentic screwpile
lighthouse has been moved
to Colonial Park on the
Edenton waterfront where
it will be renovated and
converted into a public
facility. The 1886 Lighthouse originally sat
in Pamlico Sound marking the Roanoke
River entrance near Plymouth, N.C.
Ocracoke Named Top Beach
OCRACOKE, N.C. - If you want to
take your boat to the nation’s best beach,
you need go no further than the Outer
Banks. For the first time since launching his annual Top 10 Beach ranking 17
years ago, a beach outside of Florida and
Hawaii - Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach
- has topped the list compiled by Stephen
Leatherman, director of Florida International University Coastal Research Lab.
Accessible only by boat, the island
includes several small marinas and an
anchorage in Silver Lake.
ICW Shoals in Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Any boat drawing
more than two feet needs to take care transiting the Intracoastal Waterway from Port
Royal Sound south through Georgia to the
Florida border. A quarterly survey by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found seven
shoal areas at mean low water. One area
(Hell’s Gate) had only six inches of water
just 45-feet from the channel centerline.
With no dredging in the area for about
six years, mariners are forced to time their
journey to coincide with mid- to high-tide.
Topsail Creek Buoys Removed
TOPSAIL ISLAND, N.C. - The U.S.
Coast Guard removed the navigational
buoys in Old Topsail Creek at the end of
May after shoaling caused water depths
in the inlet to become too shallow and
dynamic for buoy tenders to safely operate.
For years, the inlet leading from the
ocean along a winding route to the Intracoastal Waterway has been recommended
for use only by those with local knowledge.
It provides access to an anchorage providing
a potential overnight stop halfway between
Southport and Swansboro on the ICW.
America’s Sail Settles Dispute
BEAUFORT, N.C. - America’s Sail,
Inc. in New York announced in May that it
had reached a confidential agreement with
Friends of the North Carolina Maritime
Museum, to resolve financial and other differences which existed between them.
The organization had agreed to recruit
vessels to attend the Pepsi Americas’ Sail
Tall Ship event last year in exchange for a
cut of revenues, but few tall ships came and
the Friends-hosted event lost $1.8 million.
Shad Boat Launches History Registry
ELIZABETH CITY,
N.C. - The N.C. Maritime History Council
awarded a certificate
to the Museum of the
Albemarle naming the
Alvira Wright Shad Boat
the first boat on the new
North Carolina Registry
of Historic Vessels. The boat is displayed in
the lobby of the Museum of The Albemarle
in Elizabeth City, and is the result of many
hours of restoration by volunteers and staff.
NC Lawmakers Nab Access Award
NORFOLK, Va. - As waterfront land
values skyrocket, high taxes shutter marinas
and residential development overtakes the
waterfront, recreational boaters have been
losing more and more access to the water.
A recent National Symposium on Water
Access included presentation of the first
ever BoatU.S. Recreational Boating Access
Awards. Among the seven winners was
the N.C. General Assembly for creating
the state Waterfront Access Study Committee in 2006, and the resulting recommendations to protect and promote North
Carolina’s working waterfronts.
Mail Buoy –
Your Letters
on Boating in the Carolinas
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Letters@CarolinaCurrents.com. Please include your phone number,
which we won’t publish. We may edit for space.
Keep Up the Good Work
I have read the first two installments of your mag and was so impressed that
I entered a subscription. I am not what they refer to as an “early adopter” so this
was out of character for me. I could not believe that you hand addressed and
sent the March/April copy in so timely a manner.
I found the first two issues at Blackbeards Slices and Dices in Bath, N.C.
Good idea to sample out the mag in targeted areas.
I’ve been sailing since I was 12 years old, which equates to 49 years of
interest in the sport. My wife and I now live on the Pamlico (previously we were
at Lake Norman) and ply it’s waters in our O’Day 272 circa 1986. Magazines
such as Sail, Yachting and Cruising have been of little interest to us. Your mag’s
niche is obviously the serious small boater in the region.
You may be aware of a blog “NCSail.org.” One of the key things of
intersest on that blog is DIY as to fixing and maintaining boats. The second is
recreational activities e.g. races and eco stuff. Navigational issues on the sounds,
ICW and the immediate offshore seems to be third on the list. There are other
sailing blogs that are out there that may provide a source of ideas as to articles.
Some ideas as to future articles that may appeal:
• Blisters: For the non-racing group, do they need to be repaired or can
you save the time and money?
• Bottom paint: Ablative or epoxy for the sounds? What do you need for
lake sailing?
• Spider cracks: how to fix.
• Replacing running rigging: how to avoid getting new lines jammed into
sheaves, separating then requiring a pull-out and stepping down of the
mast to repair.
• An adivce column by someone who knows a lot of stuff about boats.
• Anchoring advice pertinent to our waters. One vs. two anchors. How
to judge the position of same vis a vis a storm or the hurricanes that
frequent our shores.
• Readers “Tales”: Good trip bad trip.
I see potential for the mag to establish a strong readership based on
interactivity and relevance to the “not rich” enthusiast. Your product has value
to a tight niche of people. I like what you have done so far and wish you great
success. Regards,
Doug Johnson
Ahoy Doug! Thanks for all of the kind words and suggestions. We already had
NCSail.org and lots of other great Carolina boating sites in the Links Directory of our
Web edition: www.CarolinaCurrents.com/links.php.
Regarding DIY pieces, we’ve been talking to a few of the many gifted marine
tradesmen in the Carolinas about the possibility of an “Ask the Experts” column. I’ll
make this an official invitation to all of our readers: Send in your maintenance/repair/
upgrade questions to info@CarolinaCurrents.com
and we’ll gather some expert insights and print
the questions/response in our next issue.
We’d love more interactivity with readers in the
form of letters (send to Letters@CarolinaCurrents.
com) and Carolina boating stories (send to News@
CarolinaCurrents.com). If you like what you’re
reading or would like to see something different, we need to know about it.
~Editor
Send us your
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repair/upgrade
questions!
California Dreaming
I sent the issue with the Clean Marina article (May/June) to my
grandparents in California and they were more excited about the sailing
magazine than the article with me! They grew up sailing and said that it brought
back a lot of memories, and even though they were in California, found it so
interesting that they read it cover to cover!
Jenny Webber, NC Clean Marina Coordinator, Beaufort, N.C.
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C2B
C2B Weathers Nasty Passage
After Festive Start
By Will Haynie
J
oe Harris’s Open 50 Gryphon Solo, skippered by Hugh Piggen
for this race, won line honors and Will Hanckel on the J/120
EmOcean won overall on corrected time in the 2007 Charleston
to Bermuda (C2B) race that started on May 18 with a grand and
picturesque sendoff amidst the Maritime Festival and Tall Ships
Charleston celebration.
The starting line was between two newly launched educational
schooners respresenting both ends of the course: Spirit of South
Carolina and Spirit of Bermuda. Eighteen boats in four classes
started in light downwind conditions off the historic waterfront.
Gryphon Solo’s elapsed time was 4 days, 8 hours and 33
minutes. Charlestonian Buddy Darby’s Sweden 70 Luna Danns
finished second with a time of 4 days, 21 hours, 8 minutes, 39 seconds, and overall winner EmOcean was third across the line with a
time of 4 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes and 32 seconds, but under the
PHRF racing formula, Hanckel won on corrected time.
Light winds over much of the race made it impossible for
Gryphon Solo to use all its hi tech tools, like its canting keel, to
overcome a huge PHRF differential with the other boats.
Many of the fleet used spinnakers in very light conditions in
the harbor after Friday’s start, and by sundown, two boats in the
Spinnaker B class had dropped anchor just offshore rather than be
swept backward by the current. But Friday night brought winds in
the 20-30 knot range from the northeast, which made for a bumpy
ride in the Gulf Stream. “Nasty” is how EmOcean’s navigator
Brian Swan described it.
The fast boats reached Bermuda Tuesday and Wednesday. By
Thursday, six boats were battling heavy seas, with 30-knot headwinds and seas easily running 20 feet. By then, seven boats had
The crew of E’s Alee are greeted with
Dark and Stormies after arriving in
Bermuda. Will Haynie is standing at
far left
Meaghan Van Liew/ South Carolina Maritime Foundation
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Just after the start of the
777 nautical mile race
reached Bermuda and five boats had withdrawn. The boats at the
back of the fleet had a hard time bucking the weather, and Steve
Lesniak’s 50-foot Beneteau Celedon was the last boat still competing to reach Bermuda.
Ocean Sailing Academy’s 45-foot Hylas E’s Alee, on which I
crewed, withdrew from the race. We arrived at the docks of the
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club during the middle of the post-race
party after sunset Saturday and were greeted by cool drinks and a
large crowd of fellow racers and family dressed up for the occasion.
Winner Hanckel was the first to grab one of our mooring lines.
Race Director Brad Van Liew of the South Carolina Maritime
Heritage Foundation said, “That’s the thing about this race, it’s
really whatever you make of it. Some of the entries we have are
here to race, and others are here for the voyage. And everyone gets
a wonderful reception in Bermuda.”
On the fact that eight boats had to drop out of this year’s race,
Van Liew said, “We have an inclusive attitude about the competitors in this event. This is the kind of race where you get to make
the decisions necessary to enjoy the race on your own terms. I
think everyone who participated was happy, even those who had to
motor to get here.”
One week after the conclusion of the race, as Tropical Storm
Barry blew up the east coast, the crew of Kintaro had to be rescued
at sea while returning from Bermuda. Kevin Hogan, Tom Allen,
Jacob Hogan, Peter Cousino and Michael Kramer were on the
44-foot C&C 275 miles east of Charleston when the boat became
disabled in 40-knot winds and 30-foot seas. The Coast Guard
launched a C-130 from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and
diverted the rescue vessel Puget to assist. The crew was taken
aboard the Puget and taken back to Bermuda.
Editor’s Note: See Will’s reports from onboard E’s Alee during the event in the online
Pickle Dish at www.CarolinaCurrents.com.
Final standings in the 2007 C2B Race:
Exhibition Class (3 boats): Gryphon Solo, (Open 50) Hugh Piggen
Spinnaker A (6 boats): 1) EmOcean, (J/120) Will Hanckel,
2) Kintaro, (C&C 44) Kevin Hogan, 3) Paikea, (Beneteau 40.7)
David Guggenheim
Spinnaker B (6 boats): 1) Lung Ta, (Peterson 44) Scott Jones,
2) Tohidu, (Beneteau 423) Jay Cook, 3) Celedon, (Beneteau
M510) Steve Lesniak
Non-Spinnaker (3 boats): Dreamscape, (Beneteau 361)
Dan Valopi
4/3/07
3:09 PM
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The Sailor’s Life
Sea Trial--to---Whortonsville
---------------------------------------------------------------“W
hat am I doing here?” I wondered as we puttered under the
bridge. My wife Sheryl and I were motoring our first sailboat out of Smith Creek,
in Oriental, N.C. We’d owned the 30-yearold, 26-foot center cockpit Ashiya for approximately 10 minutes. Our first challenge
was to move our new purchase from her
old slip in Oriental to her new home in
Doug and Sheryl aboard Ashiya,
after they learned to use the sails
Whortonsville, N.C., about 8 miles away.
Our prior boating experiences had been
limited to riding on a friend’s boat. Our
boat shopping began as an excuse to spend
time on the coast. Before we were ready
we’d found the perfect boat, and the week
before we’d stumbled across the perfect
marina. Ensign Harbor was the place we
wanted to call our new weekend home. We
took this serendipity as a sign and dove in.
Did I mention that we didn’t know how
to sail?
The day we picked up the perfect boat
its engine wouldn’t start. I knew nothing
about diesel engines. With the help of a
mechanic we got it running, and the seller
- anxious to see us depart - quickly helped
us cast off the docklines. We were clumsily
motoring out of the slip before I had time
to think about it.
The water was calm as we headed for
the bridge. The mantra “red-right-returning” ran through my mind as we spotted
the first markers. As we passed under the
bridge and approached another set of
marks, there appeared to be more than one
red: one to the left and one to the far right.
After a quick discussion, Sheryl reluctantly
agreed to keeping the right-most red
marker to our port side. As we did, though,
the depth gauge dropped precipitously. I
quickly realized that I had suggested the
wrong course of action and spun the boat
around to head toward the “other” red. We
came abreast of the confusing markers and
it became clear that they marked a channel
leading into Pecan Grove Marina. My
confidence grew as this first potential going
aground disaster was averted. That confidence soon confronted a new test: waves.
Two- to four-foot waves may not seem
like much to experienced sailors, but to this
green helmsman it was Mr. Toad’s Wild
Ride. As the bow dropped, splashing salty
water onto my face, I suggested that we
close all the hatches. Better late than never.
As Sheryl scrambled below closing up the
boat, I pondered the anchor.
The heavy danforth on the bowsprit
was bouncing with each wave we hit. After
Sheryl returned, I asked if she felt confortable making sure it was secure. She is agile
with a great sense of balance, and had no
problem working her way to the bow of
our bucking bronco. After an inspection
of the clasps, she pronounced the anchor
firmly attached.
The next concern was the slack jib
sheets on deck. Since we planned on
motoring the entire way, I thought it best
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that we take up the slack so they wouldn’t
fall in the water and wrap around the prop.
While she sat to my right working on tying
stopper knots in the lines, Sheryl heard me
shout, “We just lost the anchor!”
Her reflexes carried her to the bow
quicker than a flash and she grabbed the
rode, which had fortunately caught at a
section of the chain passing through the
small opening to our chain locker. With a
strength that would humble most men, she
pulled the anchor aboard, disconnected it,
and stowed it below.
Disaster number two averted. We spent
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the next two hours counting off each of the
waypoints we’d entered into our new GPS.
On several occasions the engine RPMs
varied of their own accord, but I tried to
attribute these fluctuations to the jarring
of the waves. Still, we planned a course
of action should the engine die. Since the
wind was blowing toward shore, I suggested that we re-attach the anchor through
the forward hatch and be ready to deploy it
in the event of engine loss.
I hoped that having a plan meant that
we wouldn’t have to use it, but 30 minutes
later, the RPMs slumped to zero. We leapt
into action, with me on the bow and Sheryl
below handing the anchor up through the
hatch. I dropped the hook and paid out
enough rode to catch bottom. We were in
12 feet of water and had not learned about
letting out the correct scope.
We took a moment to catch our breath.
I decided to try bleeding the low-pressure fuel lines as I’d seen the mechanic do
earlier. Although this was a challenge to
accomplish as the waves rocked the boat,
the engine eventually started again. Words
can’t express the pride that welled up.
I asked Sheryl if she wanted to take the
helm, but she said that she’d manage the
anchor. A quick look at the depth gauge
showed single digits. We were dragging!
No time for prideful reflections, I took
the helm and motored toward the anchor.
Sheryl got it up and shouted, “Head out to
deeper water!” I complied, aiming headon into the waves while she struggled to
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aboard and lowered it through the hatch.
to distinguish the channel markers from
Disaster number three averted!
the crab pots and maneuver us into our slip.
We were now pointed at refuge in the
The docks were fairly deserted for a
mouth of Broad Creek. As we passed the
Saturday night in August, but we could
first marks of the creek, again focused on
hear voices from the screened-in porch
the “right-red” mantra, the RPMs again
which extends off the bath house, official
fell to nil. We repeated the anchor drill.
meeting place of the Whortonsville Yacht
The depth here was only six feet and
and Tractor Club.
Ashiya draws four. I paid out a little rode
We tied up, inventing some new knots,
and watched the GPS to be certain that
and went to introduce ourselves and
we weren’t moving. Anchorage two in the
tell our story. One day as sailors, and we
mouth of the creek was more tolerable. I
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our first night aboard, reflections on our
minutes and died. I tried again with the
day left us both smiling. We had worked
same results. It was time to call a tow.
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and they said that they would be about 45
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Morningstar
Marinas, a division of Morningstar Properties LLC, has acquired Kings Point Marina
in Cornelius, N.C., the largest marina in the
state. The company already owned two other
marinas on Lake Norman - The Peninsula
Yacht Club and Morningstar Marinas at
Skipper’s Landing - as well as the Reserve
Harbor Yacht Club in Pawleys Island, S.C.
and Bahia Bleu in Savannah, Ga.
International Fiberglass Has New Digs
HENDERSON, N.C. - International
Fiberglass, maker of the Isotope and Cheshire
catamarans designed by company founder
Frank Meldau, has moved into a 10,000 sq.ft.
space in Henderson, N.C., having outgrown
its previous home in New Bern, N.C.
City Marina Takes On Harborage Dock
CHARLESTON, SC. - Marine Fuels,
LLC, an affiliate of The City Marina Company, has purchased more than 600 feet of
transient dock space and the fueling operations at The Harborage at Ashley Marina.
The additional dock space will be reserved for
transient boaters visiting the Charleston area.
Lake Keowee Gets Tow Service
LAKE KEOWEE, S.C. – Sea Tow
Services International Inc. has opened a new
franchise in the Carolinas - Sea Tow Lake
Keowee. Also, Sea Tow Lake Wylie, N.C.,
is now owned by Capt. Howie Kaplan, who
already owns Sea Tow Lake Norman.
Slips Selling on Johns Island
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. - A pair of
neighboring marinas on the Stono River that
were bought for $22 million and merged
last year are now for sale again - one slip at
a time. Although the IBG Partners LLC, a
Washington, D.C. firm, initially denied plans
to do so, they recently began marketing the
marina’s 400 slips as dockominiums under the
name St. Johns Yacht Harbor. Sales agents say
62 dry stack storage slots on the north end of
the property sold out in the first two weeks
and a tenth of the wet slips were sold at up to
$4,000 per foot in length.
B&B Interviewed on Furled Sails
VANDEMERE, N.C. - Naval architect
Graham Byrnes of B&B Yacht Designs was
recently interviewed on Furled Sails, a weekly
sailing podcast, about his adventures in this
year’s Watertribe Everglades Challenge. Go to
FurledSails.com to hear the recording.
Rhodes 22 Builder NMMA Certified
EDENTON, N.C. - Manufacturer
General Boats of Edenton, N.C., recently
earned the NMMA Certified designation.
The company, which has been building and
restoring the Rhodes 22 cruising trailer sailor
for more than three decades, is owned by Stan
and Rose Spitzer.
Lanier Sailing Academy Opens in S.C.
LEESVILLE, S.C. - A new branch of
the Lanier Sailing Academy opened on the
southern shore of Lake Murray in April.
Brian Adams and wife Paula opened the sailing school in Southshore Marina, 3072 Hwy
378, and have already attracted students from
both Carolinas and Georgia for American
Sailing Association or U.S.Sailing certification classes, as well as their Happy Sails Club
memberships so that newly minted sailors can
continue to hone their skills on the academy’s
22- to 25-foot keelboats.
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New Yards Open in Jarrett Bay
BEAUFORT, N.C. - The new 18-acre
Moores Marine Yacht Center, an expansion
from their Florida location, opened its gates
in Jarrett Bay Marine Industrial Park on April
30. The family-run company specializes in
restorations of antique and classic American
wooden yachts. The new site also will boast
a 3,500-square-foot marine store stocking
wooden boat restoration products.
Jarrett Bay also recently welcomed Triton
Marine Services Inc. to the complex, providing a fixed home for Corey McMahon’s
formerly mobile business. He has boats in the
yard already and a building on the way.
Club Corner
Wounded Warriors
Enjoy Day Afloat
By Geoff Bowlin
ORIENTAL, N.C. - In late May
the Sailing Club of Oriental entertained a group of 11 wounded Marines
and sailors from across the Neuse River
in Camp Lejeune. So many SCOO
members wanted to participate that
there were five more boats than warriors to ride them.
Members doubled up on the boats
with the marines for a great day of fishing, sailing or just enjoying the water.
Some of the fishing boats extended
invitations to their warriors for a return
visit during the 2007 Tarpon Tournament in Oriental July 27-29, hosted
by the Oriental Rotary Club. One of
the guys caught a dinner-size flounder from a boat that, according to the
captain’s wife, doesn’t catch many fish.
A pot luck meal was enjoyed afterwards. The day was a great opportunity
for SCOO members to talk to the
Marines and sailors about many topics
and their lives. They report leaving feeling very enriched by the event.
Organizer Dick Mannion was overwhelmed in one way by sadness at what
these young soldiers are going through,
but filled with joy at the opportunity to
do something for them.
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and the Wounded Warriors after
their day on the water
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Hartwell Lake
H
ARTWELL LAKE, S.C. - Hartwell
Lake is part of the chain of lakes on
the Savannah River Basin along the South
Carolina/Georgia border.
With I-85 paralleling the north shore
of its main body, the lake is the primary
playground for boaters in Greenville and
Spartanburg to the east, and Atlanta to the
west. It’s also a temptation for boaters with
trailerable vessels from further afield.
For recreational purposes, the north
and south ends are separated by SC Hwy
24, which runs east and west. A pair of
bridges with an island between them creates a boundary for sailboats with fixed
masts taller than 11.5 feet when the lake
is full. Officially named the Calvin Walker
Memorial for a law officer who lost his
life attempting an arrest along the bridges,
locals refer to them as the Twin Bridges.
The area north of the Twin Bridges has
more coves, residences, tributaries - and
more bridges. Clearances range from 7.5
to 21 feet when the lake is at full pool (as
of early June the lake was 3 feet below
full pool). The southern area is bridgefree from Twin Bridges all the way to the
Hartwell Dam.
With no bridges to negotiate for 15
miles, the southern end of Hartwell is
the main sailing area, known as the “Big
A NDERSON
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Water.” The Big Water contains about half
of the total lake area and offers numerous
boat ramps, state parks, marinas, restaurants and a tranquil yacht club known as
Western Carolina Sailing Club.
Navigating Hartwell Lake
Atlantic Mapping Inc., (770)426-5768,
makes the best chart of the lake, showing
channel markers, depths, marinas, towns,
parks, surrounding roads, fish concentrations and more, including GPS coordinates. Paper copies run $4.50 and waterproof versions cost $7.50.
A lateral system of buoys marks the
main navigable channels of the lake
beginning with green can 1 and red nun
2 closest to the dam. Numbers continue
northward upstream with reds on the right
until you reach buoy ATS 26 at the main
fork in the lake.
The “A” denotes the southern tip of
Andersonville, the largest island on the
lake. The “T” and “S” refer to the old Tugaloo and Seneca riverbeds that converge
beneath the lake at this point. Continuing north on the left branch all the way
to Chatuga, Ga., buoys have the letter “T”
before the numbers. The right branch continues past Clemson, S.C., and buoys have
the letter “S” before the numbers. Other
Part of the fleet at
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letters on buoys indicate side channels up
several smaller submerged creeks.
Locals know that if a shoreline is steep
they are generally safe sailing outside the
channels, but shores with a gradual slope
often mean shallow water continues for a
good distance offshore.
The Corps removes known boating
hazards (such as shoals, stumps, rocks, tree
tops and snags) within marked navigational
channels or marks the hazards with buoys
or signs, apart from shoals and islands with
vegetation visible above the normal pool
elevation. Outside of the channels, large
numbers of shoals, stumps, rocks or other
navigational hazards may be exposed or lie
just beneath the surface - creating potential
hazards to boaters, water skiers and swimmers - especially during periods of lower
than normal lake levels.
Boaters are urged to use caution at
all times but particularly when operating in unfamiliar areas or outside marked
navigational channels. Obey posted signs,
markers and navigational aids - they are
there for your safety.
For information about all recreational
areas in the Hartwell big water visit www.
sas.usace.army.mil/lakes/hartwell or www.
lakehartwellassociation.org.
BIG WATER MARINA
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Savannah River and
Hartwell Dam and
Power plant
Getting Started
For those just dipping a toe into the
boating scene, Big Water Sailing School,
(864)275-6040, at Big Water Marina
directed by Capt. Buddy Price is affiliated
with the American Sailing Association.
Also, Western Carolina Sailing Club,
www.wcsc-sailing.org, (864)260-9058,
holds an open house
each May to introduce the public to
sailing and offers
a Junior Sailing
Program for ages 8
to 18 in the summer.
Furman University
also offers a learn
to sail program at
the club taught by a
US Sailing certified
instructor.
Several groups
also teach safe boating courses on the
lake. Call for details:
• U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla
25, (864)972-2085 or (706)376-0096
• Lake Hartwell Sail and Power Squadron, (864)231-7007
• Golden Corner Lakes Sail and Power
Squadron, (864)654-1151
• Georgia Department of Natural
Resources, (770)535-5499
• South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, (864)654-8266
Hartwell History
The lake was formed in the early 1960s
after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
constructed the Hartwell Dam, a hydroelectric facility near Hartwell, Ga. The lake
is fed by two rivers that converge seven
miles north of the dam. At normal pool
elevation, the lake extends 49 miles up
the Tugaloo and 45 miles up the Seneca,
covering nearly 56,000 acres of water and
creating a 962-mile shoreline.
When the site was planned, the Corps
set full pool at 660 feet above sea level.
Any land above that elevation stands as
shoreline around the lake or islands in the
lake. Andersonville Island is a three-mile
strip of land in the middle of the big water.
At one time a town was located there. The
south end of Andersonville Island is where
the Seneca and Tugaloo Rivers converged
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Marinas of Hartwell
All of the marinas on the lake provide
restrooms, slips, fuel and ship’s stores, and
ramps for visitors to launch their boats.
• Big Water Marina, www.BigWaterMarina.com, (864)226-3339, 320 Big
Water Rd., can be reached by land by turning north off US 29 onto Big Water Road.
By water Big Water Marina is near buoy
10 and offers a picnic shelter, pumpouts,
boat bottom repair and painting, and boat
rental.
• Clemson Marina, www.ClemsonMarina.com, (864)653-8100, 150 Clemson
Marina Dr., Seneca, S.C., is on the Seneca
River branch of the lake on the shore
opposite the town of Clemson. By water
it’s near buoy S89. Amenities include
boat rentals, pumpouts, dry storage and a
restaurant.
• Harbor Light Marina,
www.harborlightmarina.
net, has two locations near
Lavonia on the Georgia shore:
the original just north of I85
at 1476 Harbor Light Marina
Rd., (706)356-4119, and the
new one just south of I85 at
15 Knox Bridge Crossing,
(706)356-2020. Amenities
include boat sales, wireless
Internet and TV to the slips,
and mechanics on site.
• Hartwell Marina,
www.HartwellMarina.com,
(706)376-5441, 149 Hartwell
Marine Rd., lies just outside
Hartwell, Ga. By land, take
North Forest Road out of
Hartwell. At buoy LLC8 by
water. Services include dry
stack storage and boat sales.
• Portman Marina, www.portmanmarina.com, (864)287-3211, 320 Big
Water Rd., Starr S.C., on the big water, is
the largest marina on the lake. It can be
reached by land from SC 24. From the
water, Portman is near buoy DC5. The
marina offers boat lifts and two restaurants.
• Western Carolina Sailing Club, www.
wcsc-sailing.org, (864)260-9058, 5200
Westwind Way, on the big water can be
reached by land by taking Harbin Drive off
SC 187 one mile south of SC 24. Turn left
onto Westwind Way and proceed to the
end. By water the club lies at buoy S20. The
club is private, but invited guests and interested visitors are always welcome. Amenities include deepwater slips for sailboats up
to 34 feet, trailer storage for sailboats, 50
Michael Glenn
before the lake filled. There once was a
large American Indian trading post on the
west side in the 17th century.
During the Civil War, rivers were a
major obstacle in the path of troop transports because bridges were sparse and there
were only a few natural places to cross.
Most of these locations were shoals where
the water was shallow enough for horses.
After the fall of Richmond, Va. in 1865,
Confederate President Jefferson Davis fled
south into Georgia. Northern generals
believed he, his Cabinet and an accompanying gold train might choose this area
to cross the rivers. The 10th Michigan Cavalry was posted at the southernmost tip of
Andersonville Island waiting for a capture.
Turns out the Southerners crossed about
40 miles south near Abbeville, S.C. The
gold was never recovered and Davis was
captured near Irwinsville, Ga.
acres of manicured lawns, clubhouse with
kitchen, ballroom and lounge. The site is
the most visible on the big water because
of the sail-like roof on the yacht club
building.
Other Boat Launches
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
maintains nine campgrounds on the lake;
most have boat launches. Other Corps park
areas are available for day use only. Call
ahead at (888)893-0678 for details.
All four state parks on the lake have
boat ramps. Those on the South Carolina
shore are Sadler’s Creek State Park near
Anderson, (864) 226-8950, and Lake
Hartwell State Recreation Area near Fair
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Conveniently Located for
Hartwell Lake
Charming Décor and
Comfortable Amenities
shoreline are Hart State Park
near Hartwell and Tugaloo
State Park near Lavonia. Call
(800)864-7275 for reservations. Crooked Creek RV
Park, (864)882-5001, is a
private facility near West
Union, S.C., with 60 uncovered boat slips available for
campers.
With more than 20 city
parks and boat ramps around
the lake, finding a place to
splash your boat shouldn’t be
a problem.
Water Accessible Dining
Several great dining
options offer a place on the
The Big Water
shores of Hartwell Lake
at WCSC
to tie your boat while you
eat, including: Charlie T’s
By the Lake near Buoy 16;
Drop Anchor Food and Spirits near buoy
79; The Galley and Nami Asian Bistro at
Portman Marina; Elliott’s Fish Camp in
Fair Play, S.C.; Jolin’s Fish House, near
buoy T43; Pitchers on the Lake, at Clemson Marina; Pixie and Bills between buoys
S98 and S100; T-60 Restaurant at marker
Hartwell
T60; SwampProject
Guinea one mile south of
Corps Recreation
Areas
buoy LLC 10; and Weinacker’s Restaurant
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inPines
a cove near the Hwy. 184 bridge.
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Richland Creek
River Forks
Green Pond
Honea Path*
Denver
Asbury
Eighteen Mile Creek*
Twelve Mile
Lawrence Bridge
Martin Creek
Friendship
Townville
Camp Creek
Broyles
Apple Island*
Double Springs
Weldon Island
Glenn Ferry
Durham*
Fair Play
Choestoea
Mullins Ford
Tabor*
Walker Creek*
Stephens County
Spring Branch
Jenkins Ferry
Poplar Springs
Rock Springs
Mary Ann Branch
Crawfords Ferry
Carters Ferry*
New Prospect
Cleveland*
Gum Branch
Long Point
Duncan Branch*
Powderbag Creek*
Elrod Ferry
Hartwell Group
Big Oaks
Twin Lakes
Georgia River
Things to Do On/Near the Lake
The best open water site for snorkeling in Hartwell is off Sand Island near buoy
S21. The Twin Bridges offer an interesting
SCUBA diving site. Criminals ditch guns and
knives as they race across while fleeing crime
scenes in the area.
Anglers are drawn to the bridges to try
their hand at catching bluegill, crappie, catfish, trout and several varieties of bass.
Water skiers might want to try one of
the four slalom courses on the lake. When
not hosting organized events they are open
for public use: on the Tugaloo River approximately 1,000 ft. below Hwy. 123 fishing pier;
on Little Lightwood Log Creek, near Hwy
51 (Reed Creek Hwy) bridge; on Twelve Mile
Creek above Highway 133; and off of the Seneca River in a cove near buoy S58-A.
On its eastern shore, the lake nestles up to
the outskirts of Anderson, named for Revolutionary War hero Gen. Robert Anderson.
Known as the Electric City for its role in the
first long-distance transmission of hydroelectric power, it also was home to the first electric
cotton gin. A downtown revitalization project
is reaping results creating a charming feel.
Start your visit at the Anderson Arts
Center Warehouse, 110 Federal St., (864)2222787, featuring free top-notch exhibits of
regional art. The bottom floor is the home
of the Anderson Convention and Visitors
Bureau office stuffed with maps and bro-
chures about local attractions and staffed by
helpful advisors.
The Anderson County Museum, 202
E. Greenville St., currently features “A Call
to Arms: Military Armament Through Time,”
including guns and related items dating back
to the American Revolution, (864)260-4737.
Anderson Motor Speedway, 313
Irby Rd., presents regular stock car racing,
(864)656-3405.
Each year the Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium presents Celebrate
Anderson, a free concert followed by a giant
fireworks display at the William A. Floyd
Amphitheater. This year the show features Rita
Coolidge on Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Sports fans can catch the Anderson Joes
minor league baseball at Anderson Memorial Stadium on White Street, (864)225-7500.
For more culture, catch a show at the
Electric City Playhouse, 514 N. Murray Ave. in
Anderson, (864)224-4248, or Clemson Little
Theatre, 214 S. Mechanic St., in Pendleton,
(864)646-8100.
The South Carolina Botanical Garden,
101 Garden Tr., in Clemson offers regular “First
Friday” nature walks, art exhibits and the Bob
Campbell Geology Museum, (864)656-3405.
Some people call the upstate part of
South Carolina the “Land of Lakes.” For a
change in scenery while you’re visiting
Corps Campgrounds
Hartwell, you could also stop by Jocassee,
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Keowee, Russell and J. Strom Thurmond.
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Oconee Point
Coneross
Paynes Creek
Milltown
Watsadler
Georgia River
State & Municipal
Recreation Areas
US Army Corps
of Engineers
Savannah District
Project Manager’s Office
Hartwell Project
5625 Anderson Hwy.
Hartwell, GA 30643
For additional information call (888) 893-0678 or
(706) 856-0300, or visit our website at
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Jack’s Landing*
White City*
Brown Road*
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Hurricane Creek*
Clemson*
Holder’s*
Seneca Creek*
Timberlake*
Hoyt-Tilley*
Cove Inlet*
Lake Hartwell State Par
Barton’s Mill*
Port Bass*
South Union*
Bruce Creek*
Holcomb*
Tugaloo State Park
Franklin County*
Rocky Ford*
Reed Creek*
Bradberry*
Hart State Park
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Cruising Through
Sailing Away with Lady J
By Rob Lucey
W
hen Ian Buckley began talking to
a member of the Augusta Sailing
Club while attending paramedic training,
it stirred decades-old memories of sailing
as a British Merchant Marine cadet. After
years, of
hitting the
lakes in
his bass
boat, he
decided it
was time
to catch a
breeze for
Lady J on her trailer a change.
after the trip from Ian, a
Georgia captain in
the Augusta Fire Department, soon began
crewing aboard a J-boat at the club and
honed his sail trimming skills.
“There are some members of the
club who have been there since the ‘50s
and ‘60s,” says his wife, Jenny. “It’s great.
They’ve done so many things, and they’re
happy to share their knowledge.”
Then last October the Buckleys found
a nearby 1983 C&C 25 listed on the
Internet and went to look at it. Two days
later it was theirs for under $5,000. After
replacing the four flat tires on the trailer,
they brought home their prize.
The boat, which originally sailed in
the Annapolis, Md. area, had been out of
the water for about four years. Ian scraped
the hull down to the gel coat - finding no
evidence of blisters - and re-finished the
bottom. Inside, he used his woodworking
skills to put in a new teak and holly sole.
He yanked the marine head, replacing it
with a porta-pot since they planned to sail
mainly on nearby Lake Strom Thurmond,
a no-discharge water body on the border
between Georgia and South Carolina.
The couple held out little hope for
the weathered looking 9.9 hp Evinrude Yachtwin outboard hanging off the
back. But when Ian pulled the top off, it
appeared the engine had been winterized
before being stowed.
“The plugs were finger tight,” he says.
“I screwed them in, added some fuel and it
started right up on the first pull.”
The boat’s lockers were full of spares
and it came with three sails in good condition. After adding a propane grill in the
cockpit, a couple of fresh house batteries
and a second anchor, Lady J was ready to
splash in January. They also added a compass and acquired a Garmin chartplotter
- a big advance since Ian’s early years as a
navigational officer for the Merchant Navy.
The Buckleys, their son Jason, 20, and
daughter Jessica, 17, have been out on the
lake most weekends ever since.
“I don’t know much about sailboats,”
Jenny claims. “I’m a horse person. But
there’s something about sailing that’s so
boat trailer and welded them to a car trailer
they already had. They loaded up Lady
J and towed her to the Sailcraft Service
yard in Oriental, N.C. where they dropped
her in the water, had the rig tuned and
prepared for a two-week summer vacation
adventure in the sounds and outer banks,
drawn by the chance to see some coastal
wildlife in sheltered waters and explore the
area where the pirate Blackbeard was slain.
“We thought we’d put in here and go
wherever the
wind blows
us,” Jenny
says.
Original
plans for the
C&C 25
S/V Lady J
Lady J gets her rig
tuned after being
splashed
nice and relaxing. You troll out with your
motor and can’t wait to turn it off. It’s so
tranquil on the water.”
After picking up a copy of Carolina
Currents at the South Carolina In-Water
Boat Show in May, they decided it was
time to hit the coast (although Jason was
left at home to tend to the four horses and
other family pets).
Ian salvaged the stands from the old
Builder - C&C, Ontario, Canada
Length on Deck - 25’2”
Weight - 4,100 lbs.
Keel - cast lead Draft - 4’3”
Rig - sloop Mast height - 34’10”
Engine - 9.9 hp Evinrude Yachtwin
Tankage - 12 gallons fuel, 16 gallons water
(plus two jugs on deck)
Construction - balsa-cored fiberglass
Homeport - Augusta, Ga.
Ian, Jessica and Jenny
before departing on their
coastal adventure
Current
Organizers: Submit Calendar listings of
interest to Carolina sailors online at
www.CarolinaCurrents.com/calendar.php
Regattas listed are open to all sailors, although a PHRF
rating or regional sailing membership may be needed.
If you plan on attending an event, contact the organizer
ahead of time since details can change.
Upcoming Events You Won’t Want to Miss
See our website for complete listings including regattas and other events around the Carolinas
JUNE 2007
28 Rigging Class Learn basic rigging techniques,
including whipping and splicing three strand line**
29 Ocean Race◊
30 Oriental Cup◊◊
30-July 1 Independence Day Open, LNYC◊◊◊
JULY 2007
Various Summer Science School July/August
Various maritime subjects for grades 1-10*
Various Coastal Kayaking, Huntington Beach
State Park, Mondays Through Oct. www.
discoversouthcarolina.com
Includes fishing tournaments, kayak and raft races
and sailing regatta. www.bftwaterfestival.com
14 Cinema by the Sea outdoor film series starts,
every two weeks at Gallant’s Channel, Beaufort N.C.*
14,15 Lofting*
14,15 Edenton Bay Challenge Flying Scots,
paddle. Reservations $40, $5 own kayak. Also Aug
1, 16, 30*
20-22 N.C. Boat Builders Challenge Fishing
Tournament, Nags Head N.C. fishpiratescove.com
For more info: fishpiratescove.com
4 Independence Day Celebrations: see www.
28 Wooden Boat Festival Cape Fear Community
carolinacurrents.com for details of waterfront events.
5-8 Cape Fear Blue Marlin Fishing
Tournament, Wrightsville Beach N.C.,
capefearbluemarlintournament.com
6 Savannah Light Challenge (First Offshore
Series)◊
6-8 Pirates Cove 4th of July Offshore Tournament,
Nags Head N.C. fishpiratescove.com
7 Croaker Festival Oriental N.C. Fun family festival
28 Parrot Head Regatta◊◊
28 Jolly Jordan Regatta CSC-NC◊◊◊
28 One Design Regatta Fifth annual event open to
Optimist, 420, Sunfish, and Laser**
28,29 Carolina Yacht Club Regatta CYC-SC◊
28,29 Harkers Island Sunfish Regatta◊◊ See p. 21
Rockville Regatta E-Scow
starting last year. This year’s
event is on Aug. 4 and 5
Priscilla Parker
p. 21
salt marsh. Reservations $5 *
aboard Duke University Marine Lab’s research
30 Sustainable Seafood Learn to make informed
11 Dolphins Slides and display about Beaufort’s
on your own)*
bottlenose dolphins*
12 Basic Knots Class Also August 16**
13 Night at the N.C. Maritime Museum, Open
7-10 p.m. Also August 10*
13-15 HYC Regatta◊◊
13-22 Beaufort Water Festival Beaufort, S.C.
Club Abbreviations:
BSC Blackbeard Sailing Club (New Bern)
CFYC Cape Fear Yacht Club
ChYC Charleston Yacht Club
CYC-NC Carolina Yacht Club
seafood purchases. Lunch at a local restaurant (cost
11-12 Shrimp Festival and King Mackerel
Tournament, Sneads Ferry N.C.
N.C. fishpiratescove.com
15
Learn to Kayak Class and two-hour paddle.
Reservations $40, $10 own kayak. 9 a.m.-1.30 p.m.*
17 Murrells Inlet Challenge (Second Offshore
Series)◊
17-19 Rock Regatta CFYC◊◊◊
24 Build a Boat in a Day Teams of up to four build
a plywood boat using the stitch-and-glue method**
25 GIB Arthur, MCBC◊◊
25,26 Boatbuilding Carpentry (Round-bottomed)*
3 Harbor Nights Elizabeth City, N.C. free live
music and street performers at the Mariners’ Wharf
area www.pasquotankarts.org
3-5 Long Bay Lady Angler King Mackerel Tourn-
ament, Oak Island N.C. oakislandfishingclub.net
KSC Keowee Sailing Club
LLSC Lake Lanier Sailing Club
LNYC Lake Norman Yacht Club
LTYC Lake Townsend Yacht Club
1,2 Oar Regatta, FHYC◊◊
1,2 Labor Day Regatta LNYC◊◊◊
3 SAYRA Youth Challenge LNYC◊◊◊
3 SIOD Worlds JIYC◊◊◊ See p. 21
Symbol Key
* N.C. Maritime Museum, Beaufort.
(252)728-7317 www.ncmaritime.org
** N.C. Maritime Museum, Roanoke Island.
AUGUST 2007
CYC-SC Carolina Yacht Club
FHYC Fairfield Harbor Yacht Club
HYC Hobcaw Yacht Club
JIYC James Island Yacht Club
nautical miles. BSC◊◊
SEPTEMBER 2007
10 Seining the Sound Explore and pull a net in a
vessel to sample marine life. Reservations $25*
8 First Citizens Regatta Cup, Night race approx. 60
11,12 Moonlight Mimosa, PSC◊◊
11,12 Spar Wars SCYC◊◊◊
13-18 Annual Billfish Tournament Nags Head
including kayaks and skiffs
and fireworks www.croakerfestival.com◊◊
to members, $5 to non-members. 3 p.m.*
MCBC◊◊
College, N.C. features over 50 wooden boats
7 Solo Race PSC◊◊
7,8 Firecracker Regatta SYC◊◊◊
7,8 US Sailing Match Racing Qtrs. LLSC◊◊◊ See
the other boat in the movie, The Perfect Storm. Free
11,12 Hoop Hole (Flying Scot, Sunfish)
21,22 Pirates on the Pungo◊◊ See p. 21
with music, food, arts and crafts, nautical flea market
11 Marine Life Collecting Cruise Trawl & dredge
Captain’s Journey and others. Greenlaw captained
18 Kayak Rachel Carson Reserve Three-hour
and Alligator River National Wildlife Refuges
(252)987-23944 www.fws.gov/alligatorriver
Author of The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat
Tanzers, Sunfish, CSC-NC◊◊◊ See p. 21
21,22 Boatbuilding Carpentry (Flat-bottomed)*
21,22 Charleston Yacht Club Regatta, ChYC◊
Through Oct. Guided Canoe Tours on Pea Island
4 SAYRA Splash CYC-NC◊◊◊
4,5 Rockville Regatta◊ See p. 21
4,5 Dragons Breath/ICRC◊◊
4,5 SAYRA Open Invitational CYC-NC◊◊◊
5 Linda Greenlaw Program and book signing
(252)475-1750 www.obxmaritime.org
◊ Charleston Ocean Racing Assoc. (CORA)
www.charlestonoceanracing.org
◊◊ Neuse Yacht Racing Assoc., www.nyra.org
◊◊◊ South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. (SAYRA)
www.sayra-sailing.com
MCBC Morehead City Boat Club
ODC Oriental Dinghy Club
PSC Pamlico Sailing Club
SCYC South Carolina Yacht Club
SSC Savannah Sailing Center
SYC Savannah Yacht Club
WBORA Wrightsville Bch. Offshore Racing Assoc.
WSC Waccamaw Sailing Club
Currently Aweigh
EcoBoating
We invite Carolina boaters who travel outside of our home
waters to share their adventures with us via
e-mail to Info@CarolinaCurrents.com.
SC Clean
Marinas
Testing Offshore Waters
By Edana Long
B
ack in March I had the opportunity
to test my affinity (or should we say
tolerance?) for offshore sailing by volunteering with St. Bart’s Yachts to crew on
a delivery with Capt. Paul Del Rio from
Charleston, S.C. to Tortola, B.V.I.
Along with my husband Bret, I would
find out if I could cut it as a real sailor. So
many of us dream of finding the perfect
boat and setting off on a new lifestyle. I
wanted to try it out.
I could tell stories until next month
about my journey; how we wrapped a line
around the prop 600 miles from nowhere
(don’t ask) and lost both GPS units (Bermuda Triangle?). I’ll save those for cockpit
parties and socials.
What I want to get across is this:
sailing offshore is nothing more than a
classroom in life lessons. Lesson 1: Coping
with fear and the dreaded unknown; Lesson 2: Planning and preparing for emergencies; Lessons 3: Dealing with problems
in good spirit; Lesson 4: Being a good and
conscientious citizen.
I found out most importantly that it
doesn’t take tremendous skills to sail into
Edana tests her tolerance
for offshore sailing
Capt. Paul tries
his luck at fishing
the vast unknown, although it does help.
What it does take, or what it develops, is
the right character.
I am not discounting that passage
making is a potentially dangerous activity
and shouldn’t be entered into as a trifle, but
then so is just driving down the freeway.
Modern safety devices such as EPIRBS
and Sat Phones and good weather forecasts have taken away some of the risk. But
Mother Nature is still Mother Nature.
As we sail around the Neuse River or to
Ocracoke, we encounter bad weather and
equipment malfunctions - just like we did
offshore. We might yell a few profanities
and have a rough afternoon, but in the end
we take hot showers and crawl into our
clean bunks or beds.
Passagemaking is more like running
a marathon than a quick sail around the
buoys. The ride doesn’t stop, and let me tell
you, it is uncomfortable in the best of times
and you’ll have more bruises than if you
got hit by a Mac truck.
But, you will feel exhilarated, see
beautiful exotic ports, and feel a sense of
freedom and peace of mind I can’t put into
words. Yes, you’ll become better sailors, but
in the end you will probably become better
human beings.
And here’s the real kicker: it’s virtually
free. All you need is just a few weeks, some
foulies, harness and tether, sea sick meds
and an eagerness for adventure.
To volunteer for a crew position, go to
www.st-barts.com/deliveries.html. Your
dreams of cruising are in reach!
Sunsets like this can
make it all worthwhile
By Elizabeth D. Knotts
C
HARLESTON, S.C. - The South
Carolina Clean Marina Program
provides a chance for marinas to be recognized for their environmental responsibility
and helps boaters identify marinas that
promote clean activities.
By meeting prescribed environmental
performance criteria, marinas can qualify
to fly the Clean Marina flag to attract
recreational and transient boaters to their
facility. Boaters are encouraged to use
certified Clean Marinas in their travels,
knowing they are environmentally responsible businesses.
The
program is
administered
by the SC
Department
of Health and
Environmental Control, Office of Ocean
and Coastal Resource Management, in
partnership with the S.C. Marine Association, S.C. Dept. of Natural Resources and
S.C. Sea Grant. The program covers both
coastal and inland facilities.
Currently certified S.C. Clean Marinas on the coast are: Charleston Harbor
Marina and City Marina in Charleston;
Beaufort’s Downtown Marina, Beaufort;
Harbour Town Yacht Basin and Wexford
Plantation Marina, Hilton Head; Osprey.
Marina, Myrtle Beach; and Reserve Harbor Marina, Litchfield Island. Certified
inland marinas are: Plum Branch Yacht
Club, Lake Thurmond; and River Hills
Marina Club, Lake Wylie.
Visit www.scdhec.gov/environment/
ocrm/outreach/ and click on “Clean Marinas” or call (843)953-0252 for more details.
North Carolina Marinas Certified
As an update to last issue, Northwest
Creek Marina in New Bern has now been
certified as a North Carolina Clean Marina.
Casper’s Marina in Swansboro and Matthews Point Marina of Havelock have been
recertified to maintain their Clean Marina
status. Deaton Yacht Service of Oriental was
recertified contingent upon updating their
stormwater permit.
Regatta Roundup
U.S. Match Racing Qtr Finals, July 7-8
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - The South
Atlantic Yacht Racing Association and
Hobcaw Yacht Club host the U.S. Match
Racing Championship Quarter Finals in
J-22s on Charleston Harbor July 7-8. Top
competitors from the region will launch
from the College of Charleston J. Stewart
Walker Jr. Sailing Complex in Patriot’s
Point Marina as they vie for a chance to
compete in the semi-finals scheduled for
Aug. 18-19 in New Orleans, La.
Edenton Bay Challenge, July 14-15
Windmill Nationals, 16-18
EDENTON, N.C. - The annual Edenton Bay Challenge offers one-design fans
a chance to compete where the Chowan
River merges with Pamlico Sound. The July
14-15 event, sponsored by The EdentonChowan Chamber of Commerce and
the Edenton Yacht Club, attracts Flying
Scots, Thistles, Tanzer 16s, Lightnings,
Isotopes, Lasers, Sunfish, Optimists and
more. Windmills use the weekend race as
a warm-up for the July 16-18 Windmill
Nationals, being held in Edenton for the
third time since 1997.
The Windmill is a 15 ½-foot, two-person racing dinghy designed by Clark Mills
in 1953 as a step-up boat for youth learning to sail on his popular Optimists. North
Carolina boat designer Tom Lathrop with
his wife Liz sailing a Windmill in 1968
were the first native North Carolinians to
win the Governor’s Cup Regatta as members of the Carolina Sailing Club.
“There were 52 Windmills in that
regatta,” Lathrop recalls. “We used to have
large numbers in North Carolina. We had
23 Windmills on High Rock Lake alone.
We raced everywhere - dragged the kids
along and camped every weekend from up
east down to Florida.”
Their son Mark still competes in the
class, placing third in the last nationals held
in Maryland. The Lathrops now participate
on the organizational side, setting course
marks using a powerboat Tom designed
and built. In 1992, Tom also drafted plans
for a wooden version of the Windmill that
can be built with plywood on a mold using
Send your race notices and race results via
e-mail to Info@CarolinaCurrents.com for
inclusion in future issues and/or our web edition
stitch and glue techniques.
“This is one of about three boats that
can be home built and raced competitively,”
Lathrop says. “It can be handled by family
members, and usually it is sailed with a
parent and child or husband and wife.”
Various companies have also produced fiberglass models over the years.
The nationals draw competitors from
California, Kansas, Chicago, Florida, New
Hampshire and beyond.
Pirates on the Pungo, July 20-22
BELHAVEN, N.C. - The annual
Pirates on the Pungo Regatta, co-sponsored by the Pamlico Sailing Club, River
Rat Yacht Club and Belhaven Yacht Club,
will be held July 20-22 to raise funds for
the Pungo District Hospital Foundation.
Festivities include a dinner of local
seafood and dancing to music by North
Carolina’s Carolina Beach Club at the
Wilkinson Center in Belhaven. Honorary
chairperson for this year’s event is WITN
Channel 7 chief meteorologist Marvin
Daugherty.
Belhaven’s River Forest Manor,
(252)943-2151, is the anchor site of events,
providing dockage, accommodations and
launch facilities at a reduced rate to participants. A boat ramp is available for launching trailerables with convenient trailer
storage at the ramp. RV and camper spots
are available. Call (252)944-2283.
The 2007 Regatta will be governed by
US Sailing Rules and PHRF Rating Rules
will apply. Visit piratesonpungo.org or call
Arden Root at (252)964-3442 for details.
Sunfish Circumnavigation, July 28-29
HARKERS ISLAND, N.C. - The
sixth annual Around Harkers Island
Sunfish Race takes place July 28-29. Last
year, seasoned racers from Florida, South
Watch out for Pirates on
the Pungo July 20-22
Carolina, New York and Washington, D.C.
joined locals for a total of 17 sailors racing
through open water on Core Sound, traveling under a narrow drawbridge, playing
the currents and traversing shallow marsh
waters - often by pulling their boats.
An unusual feature is that each
sailor can elect which direction they travel
around the island after crossing the starting
line. Beaufort, N.C. sailor John O’Connor
took line honors for the second time.
This year’s event has attracted Triton
Yacht Sales of Oriental, N.C. in cooperation with Vanguard Sailboats, Eberle
Marine Surveys and Prospective Technologies as sponsors. It is open to all experienced Sunfish class sailors. Contact Rob
Eberle at eberlemarine@cox.net for details.
Historic Rockville Regatta, Aug. 4-5
What started as a friendly regatta in
the 1800s between sailors from neighboring South Carolina sea islands has become
home to the biggest floating party in the
state. The Rockville Regatta rolls around
Aug. 4-5. It usually draws a spectator fleet
of some 400 powerboats to watch 60 to 80
sailboats compete in a half-dozen classes.
The regatta is hosted by the Sea Island
Yacht Club located on the waterfront in
Rockville. The carefully preserved architecture tells the story of the village’s history as
a summer haven for Lowcountry planters.
The marquee class at Rockville is the
Sea Island One Design scows dating to the
1940s (Editor’s Note: See last issue’s Portal
to the Past, p. 23). The E Scow class at
Rockville is also large and consists of many
of the veteran local sailors, resulting in stiff
competition and exciting spinnaker runs on
Bohicket Creek when the wind is right.
In past decades, racers had to pick
their way through the throng of spectator’s
boats. Now the helpful law enforcement
provided by the S.C. Department of
Natural Resources has brought some sanity
through the use of a line of red buoys to
separate the racing area from the spectator
fleet anchorage.
The SIOD fleet will be out again Sept.
3 when James Island Yacht Club hosts the
SIOD World Championship.
By L. Jaye Bell
L. Jaye Bell/Blu Lake Studios
can match the exhilaration of seeing a tall
ship sailing in all of her fully rigged glory
- much less seven of them!
Spirit of South Carolina was the
newest ship in attendance, modeled after
Frances Elizabeth, a schooner built in
Charleston in 1879. Seven years in the
making, Spirit is the educational ship
operated by the S.C. Maritime Foundation, sponsor of the event and newest
member of the American Sail Training
Association fleet. Spirit is to make 21
day trips this summer to familiarize 400
educators with the maritime program.
Spirit of Bermuda, another recently
built vessel, is based on a painting of a
Royal Navy patrol ship from the early
19th century. These sloops of war once
patrolled from Nova Scotia to Jamaica.
The original sloops might have
crossed wakes with Baltimore clippers
similar to Pride of Baltimore II. Clippers
were a popular American design favored
by privateers during the War of 1812 as
they ran the British blockade, bringing
Barque Picton Castle,
star of CBS series
‘Pirate Master’
Schooner Virginia, a two-masted gafftopsail knockabout schooner modeled after
one that sailed the Chesapeake from 1917
to 1926, is goodwill ambassador for the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
One of the most impressive ships
on hand was Picton Castle. Registered
in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the barque
appears in the CBS show “Pirate Master.”
Her humble start as a North Seas fishing
trawler turned into a dramatic career as a
minesweeper during World War II.
Long lines snaked around the walkway
to each ship, but the looks on the kids’
faces said it all. There were also beautifully
crafted kayaks, canoes and sailboats of all
sizes (including the bottled variety) on
display. Ocean Sailing Academy and Sandlapper Tours took spectators out to see the
ships from the water.
Missy, the nature tour guide on my
Sandlapper trip, invited me to sail with
her Charleston Ocean Racing Association
crew aboard s/v Temptress to watch the
Parade of Sail. Her mysterious and intriguing stories of sailing for 18 months on a
tall ship sold me on the plan.
The crew of seven came together to
demonstrate their teamwork in maneuvering Temptress while I imagined the
precision it takes to get a 30-foot sailboat
on course magnified aboard the tall ships
surrounding us.
As the sun went down, all ships
paraded out from the harbor with sails
filled. It was then that Missy shared her
most poignant story. She pointed to the
cabin where a friend was standing when a
26-foot rogue wave washed her overboard,
never to be seen again. A tear slid down
Missy’s cheek as she waved bon voyage
to her fellow sailors. Even with modern
technology, the risk involved in sailing
these vessels fosters camaraderie in this
family of ships.
Regret for the loss of a friend mixed
with a longing to be on one of those ships
sailing toward the horizon was playing
yo-yo with her heart. Missy would not
be boarding a tall ship on an 18-month
whim again today. But she hopes it won’t
be a long wait.
Columbian Navy barque Gloria
was the longest vessel at 249 feet’
Keith Morgan/ Courtesy C2B
New schooner Spirit of S.C.
started the C2B race with
twin cannon fire
supplies and ammunition to the American
troops. Four cannons on the deck of Pride
II now salute ports of call.
Gloria, hailing from Cartagena, cut an
impressive figure with sails fully rigged and
Columbian Naval Academy cadets standing on the yardarms.
The ship from the farthest port was
INS Tarangini from India, christened
for the Hindu word tarang meaning “the
waves.”
The brig Prince William arrived on her
first visit to Charleston Harbor, fresh from
a trip to the Azores. The Tall Ship Youth
Trust owns the brig and hosts about 1,000
young sailors on voyages each year.
S
waggering pirates growled menacingly and posed in front of the tall
ships lining the quay as history came alive
during the 2007 Charleston Maritime and
Tall Ships Festivals in mid-May. Nothing
to the Past
By Kevin Duffus.
Rreprinted by permission from
Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks - An
Illustrated Guide. $24.95 Visit
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The Last Sailing Ship
to Wreck on the
Outer Banks
A
Despite many close calls, Capt. Bennett of her long-time master. But within hours
t first glance, the loss of the Anna
gale force winds out of the northeast and
D. Coleman always made it home safely.
R. Heidritter at Ocracoke seems
building seas began to batter the tired old
“He was one of the most able shipunremarkable - the rescue of all eight
schooner and her captain’s nerves. Commasters I ever knew and a gentleman at all
crew members was routine. But a closer
pounding Coleman’s problems, the threat
times,” wrote his partner, Edward Swan.
look reveals it was a turning point in U.S.
of marauding U-boats and Navy orders
“None of us carried insurance. Captain
maritime history.
required him to sail as close to shore as
Coleman was our insurance policy.”
Heidritter was one of the last great 20th
possible. With the ship’s 17-foot draft, it
Few sailors survive a collision at sea,
century American four-masters - a beautiwas a mariner’s nightmare. A sailing ship
much less two, and after the second
ful ship running the lumber trade between
needed sea room, where there were more
incident southeast of Bodie Lighthouse,
New York, Charleston and the Caribbean.
options when in uncooperative winds.
Coleman’s friends urged him to give it
She was also the last major sailing ship to
Inevitably, the Heidritter could no lonup. “The third time you are hit,” they said,
wreck on the Outer Banks, concluding an
ger hold her course and the crew
age that spanned five centuries and
dropped anchor outside of Hatincluded more than 1,000 wind-powteras Inlet. The wind was unrelentered vessels.
ing. Before long the ship parted
Strangely out-of-place on a sea
both of her anchor chains and
of diesel-powered freighters, the
she crashed ashore on Ocracoke.
ship’s owners still managed a profitHelp came and by the afternoon of
able operation. But they faced their
March 3, the entire crew was restoughest challenge at the outbreak of
cued by the Coast Guard crew at
World War II. Lumber was no longer
Hatteras Inlet
a priority and the sailing ship was
Station. The
too slow for military stores. Losses
The Anna R. Heidritter
ship was lost
mounted, sending her to riskier ports.
underway
but her captain
There was something else about
survived once
“will be the end of it.”
the Anna R. Heidritter - misfortune
again.
But Coleman steadfastly
chased her like a persistent black squall.
A week later,
refused to give up his
Maybe it was because below her
life’s passion - his ship.
plimsoll mark (the line that indicates the
Only the keel timbers
The last voyage of the
ship’s load) she wasn’t the Heidritter at all,
remained after salvage
Anna R. Heidritter was
but the Cohasset. Built in Bath, Maine, in
fraught with trouble, beginning with an ill1903, the four-masted Cohasset burned to
ness that prevented Coleman from taking
the waterline just six years later.
part. There were constant squalls that tore
Like a phoenix, Heidritter was built on
sails and opened seams in the hull and rifts
the charred bottom. Service resumed. So
Captain Coleman (far left) and the crew
on Ocracoke Beach, March 3, 1942
between some new, unruly crew members.
did her bad luck. In 1918, on a voyage to
The replacement captain became ill, as
the Mediterranean, she was intercepted by
before heading home to Massachussetts,
did his replacement. Finally, on its return
a German U-boat and dismasted by shell
Coleman visited Edward Swan in New
passage from Haiti, Coleman rejoined his
fire. Some years later, off North Carolina’s
command. It was the Heidritter’s 63rd voy- York and vowed to find a replacement for
Core Banks, her steward was lost at sea
Heidritter. Sadly, it was not to be. Colewhen he stumbled in the dark after deliver- age and Coleman’s 63rd year. He was also
man was tragically killed in an automobile
the youngest of the eight men on board.
ing a cup of coffee to the captain on deck.
accident just hours after he had left Swan’s
When the Heidritter finally put to sea
And twice, the hard luck schooner collided
office.
out of Charleston on Feb. 27, 1942, she
with passing steamers when they failed to
And so it was, the end of an era.
give her way. The Heidritter seemed jinxed. was once again steered by the loving hands
Yoga on a Boat
W
hen Doug Sligh and Mary Ann
Parham decided to go for a cruise
the former distance runners and avid cyclists realized that those activities wouldn’t
work well when confined to the space and
storage limitations of a boat.
Wanting to keep fit, they decided to
adapt their year-long yoga practice to the
confines of limited deck space cluttered
with stanchions, masts and winches.
They’ve made it work with a little
modification and some written guidance
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4
from their instructor, Susan Koepp, a
registered yoga teacher with Body Balance
fitness studio in Oriental, N.C.
Doug admits that he was one of those
athletes that “never stretched much.” Since
taking yoga he’s realized the benefits of
flexibility. Yoga is also helpful for strengthening muscles and improving balance.
“The real power in yoga comes from
attention to breathing and cultivating
mindful awareness of movement: the
awareness that the breath moves the body
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and the body moves the breath,” Koepp
says. “There is also power in stillness and
mindful relaxation.”
Sounds a bit like sailing, doesn’t it?
Researchers found that yogic breathing
techniques stimulate the parasympathetic
nervous system to greatly reduce stress.
Doug and Mary Ann headed north
from Oriental, N.C., in late May aboard
their Bristol 35 Calculation with plans to
meditate their way to Maine this summer.
Walk the plank pose, anyone? Arrr!
Boat Yoga
Positions
1. Warrior I
Virabhdrasana
2. Warrior II
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4. Triangle
Trikonasana
2
Susan Koepp
5
9
3
3. Warrior III
(legs and arms
are meant to be
straight!)
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5. Down Dog
Adhomukhasvansana
& Plank Pose
6. Seated
Partner Twist
7. Child’s Pose
& Backbend
8. Sukhasana
9. Parsh
Konasana
Susan (center) with
Doug and Mary Ann
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Velcro covers offer additional protection
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The units are compact, but still larger than
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Casting About
Mullet Around
By Rob Lucey
splash caught me eye as I stepped
from the boat to the dock. Looking
in that direction I spotted some familiar
small dents - not quite bubbles - moving
on top of the water. I tilted my head until
my polarizing sunglasses cut the setting
sun’s glare, allowing me to see through the
first foot or so of dark water, and there
they were: A big school of mullet circling
around, occasionally coming up to mouth
the surface for algae.
I did an about face and called giddily
into the boat, “Can you hand up my cast
net?” Thus armed, I pounced onto the dock
to seek my prey.
There was a time when mere mullet
failed to elicit such an eager response. I
spent the formative years of my sailing
career on the Texas coast where mullet are
derided as “trash fish.” As a result, they’re
extremely common and easy to catch. “All
they’re good for is bait,” I was told.
I did, eventually, hear rumors to
the contrary. Canadians I met said that
smoked mullet are a staple up north. And
when I bought a copy of Vic Dunaway’s
“Sport Fish of the Atlantic,” he describes
the food value of mullet as “Excellent, but
depends on personal taste. Flesh is oily
and distinctively flavored.”
Thus re-informed, I did sneak out one
quiet Sunday and caught my first mess of
mullet while rehearsing a tale about “bait
for an offshore fishing trip” to throw off
any sneering passerby.
Catching mullet is different from
catching fish in general. As vegetarians,
they are extremely picky eaters. Mullet
“do not bite in the usual sense,” Dunaway
explains. “They will, however, take a small
bait into their mouth briefly as they forage,
and may be caught by patient cane pole
fishermen in coastal streams or canals.”
Well, I am definitely not patient. Give
me the cast net, described as “by far the
best bet” for catching mullet. It does,
however, take a bit of practice to use. Some
might describe it as an art. Entire books
and videos have been created to teach the
proper technique for casting cast nets.
These nets cover a round area of varying
diameters. You can buy mass-produced
plastic nets or traditionally handcrafted
ones. They have weights (usually lead)
around the perimeter causing them to
(hopefully) spread open as you throw them
and then sink rapidly, covering anything
under them. As the fisherman pulls the net
back in, a clever system of lines draw the
weighted edge into a clump, enclosing any
fish in a bundle of net.
The goal is to fling the net over an area
of water where you believe your prey lurks.
You can catch shrimp with them, but it’s
difficult to spot the crustaceans. With mullet, the best bet is to wait until you actually
see a school circling within range.
Some might think it’s less sporting
being able to see your prey and then dropping a net on them. But mullet are crafty.
There’s an art to
throwing a castnet
Pelicans are among their natural enemies,
so they are quick to scatter when they see
something coming down on them from
above the water surface. After a couple of
throws of the net they catch on and start
swimming a bit further from the dock
- frustratingly just out of range.
Then there is the challenge of throwing the net. In some cultures, the cast net
is a primary means of putting food on the
table. Nets can be quite large, with diameters of more than 20 feet. Like gymnasts
doing double back flips, islanders make it
look easy to toss a big wad of net 20 yards
where it magically spreads out into a perfect circle before plunging into the water.
It ain’t easy.
The instructions that came with my net
called for me to tie the retrieval line around
NOAA
A
one wrist while choking the main lump of
net and the coiled line in that same hand,
stick one of the leaded edges in my teeth
and grab another bit of the leaded edge
further along the net with my other hand
held fully extended from my body. Thus
posed, I merely rear back in a half twist
then - unwinding in a swift fluid motion
- release the net at the precise millisecond
to send it crashing in a heap snagged over
my anchors.
Yes, casting from a dock is a challenge
best practiced in empty slips. With lots of
work, I’ve reached the point where the net
usually opens up fairly well and somewhere
close to my target.
Throwing from the boat is an entirely
new level of difficulty. Swinging room is
tight and getting the net up over the stanchions is surprisingly tricky. But it simply
must be attempted while at anchor with
schools of mullet swimming tantalizingly
close.
When you succeed, you’ll discover what
I did: a light, flaky flesh that is anything
but trashy. After leaving Texas, we found
that mullet are the delicacy of fish house
fare on the Florida Gulf Coast. That state
has had to outlaw pound nets due to over
fishing, forcing commercial fishermen to
throw cast nets just like the rest of us.
In North Carolina, as they’ve done for
two centuries, a dwindling number of fishermen off the Bogue Banks use traditional
seine nets hauled by dories and modern
tractors to capture huge schools migrating south along the beach during what is
known as the “mullet blow” in October
and November. They are sold to fish houses
primarily for their roe, which is shipped to
Asia as a variety of caviar fetching $50 a
pound on average.
One fisherman’s trash is another ’s
treasure!
Mullet Recipe
Brush 1 1/2 pounds of mullet fillets (spanish
mackerel or bluefish work as alternatives) with 1/4
cup of sesame oil mixed with two teaspoons of
minced garlic. Place on broiler pan and sprinkle
generously with paprika. Broil until fish flakes easily.
Serve on French bread with lettuce and tomatoes.
Got Web?
Emily Coast
Ship-shape Advice from
the Etiquette Queen
Submit Letters to Emily by e-mail to
EmilyCoast@CarolinaCurrents.com.
On Visiting Your Cruising Buddies
Dear Ms. Coast,
visitors should plan to bring no more than
Our former neighbors have invited us to join them
what fits in a small duffle bag. More than
for a week on their 37-foot sailboat while they’re cruisthat ends up cluttering up those close
ing this fall. What should we bring? It seems like a small
quarters. For the tropics you’ll need little
space for four people. We feel slightly awkward and
more than a pair of shorts, a swimsuit, sanaren’t sure what to expect.
dals, a couple of T-shirts, a hat, sun block,
Signed,
toiletries and a salty novel.)
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• What can we bring for you? Cruisers - particularly if they’ve been sailing in
G entle Reader,
foreign ports for prolonged periods - may
Boats are, indeed, restrictive spaces
be running low on supplies that can be
when compared to most domiciles. During
prohibitively expensive abroad. You might
your visit there will likely be little more
be able to help them out by transporting
than a thin door separating you from your
some small items.
hosts at night. The rest of the time, you are
Even if your hosts insist that they don’t
liable to be in each other’s company almost
need anything, a small thank you gift for
constantly. We hope you are either close
their hospitality should be appreciated.
friends or genial enough company to cope
You should also offer to share any expenses
with such intimate confines.
incurred during your visit, such as
That said, I’m certain you wouldn’t
slip fees in a marina, provihave been invited unless your
sions or fuel costs. Other
neighbors sincerely enjoy
Leave the
common guidelines
your companionship.
aboard boats include:
Cruisers are careful about
• Don’t wear black
with whom they choose
or leather-soled shoes
to share their floating
or high heels; they
homes. For maximum
leave marks on decks.
enjoyment during your
(Some captains require
visit, the most important
suitcase at
everyone who comes
prequisite is a good attitude.
home!
aboard to remove their
While boating may sound
shoes.)
romantic and carefree, the reality
• Ask permission before boarding.
is that it isn’t always easy to adjust. What
• If you are prone to sea sickness, take
has become normal and routine to your
medication at least an hour before you
friends will be new to you. A good host
leave the dock and avoid drinking alcohol
will explain things like proper use of the
the night before. If you get sick try to lean
head (“toilet” in landlubber parlance), the
importance of conserving water and power, over the lee (downwind) side.
• Help keep the boat tidy and clean.
and other basics of life aboard.
• Ask how you can pitch in when dockYour skipper should also brief you on
ing or line handling.
all safety procedures at the outset of your
• Follow the skipper’s instructions. If
voyage. Also, discuss any dietary concerns
he or she asks you to put on a life jacket or
or restrictions with your hosts well ahead
do anything else for safety reasons, comply
of time. And don’t hesitate to ask lots of
without question.
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And most importantly of all, enjoy
before you set out, include:
your time aboard. Perhaps the only thing
• Specifically where and when will we
meet, and what is the alternative plan if the better than sailing off into the sunset in
your own boat is doing it in someone else’s.
rendez-vous falls through?
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1994 Grady White Chase 263 $61,000
An excellent example of a truly well built center console
offshore fishing machine. She has been repowered with
twin Evinrude E Tech 200’s that still have 6 years on a
7 year transferable warranty. She is loaded with factory
options and ready to fish or play in safety and comfort.
The seller has purchased a larger vessel and is looking
for serious offers.
2001 Mainship 43 $319,900
Well equipped, numerous upgrades and exceptionally
maintained. A meticulous and knowledgeable owner;
all systems are in perfect running order. Clean, ready
to-go condition. An exceptional vessel.
1998 J 105 $99,000.00
Only the second owner, this boat spent her first year
in fresh water, and has been meticulously maintained
ever since. PRICE JUST REDUCED!
Glen Appelbaum • 843 813 3711 • glen@tidelineyachtsales.com
17 Lockwood Drive, Charleston, SC 29401 • www.tidelineyachtsales.com
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33’ Endeavour Sloop Great family boat - Great Interior. $37,500 www.
harboryachts.com 800-249-0586 or
888-914-2628
Dinghies
Caribe Inflatables We offer great
prices! From 8-20’ with/without motor.
Sailcraft Service, Oriental NC (252)249-0522
Boat Gear
Sunfish and Vanguard sails
and gear in stock. Triton Yacht
Sales, Oriental N.C. 252-249-2210,
www.tritonyachts.com
Real Estate
31’ Bristol 31.1 Sloop Bristol quality and excellent electronics. $52,900
www.harboryachts.com 800-249-0586
or 888-914-2628
Powerboats
1990 Nordhavn 46 $415,000 “Salty
C” offers an opportunity to own a boat
that has an enviable reputation and has
been meticulously maintained. The pride
of ownership manifests itself in the condition and quality of the equipment and
the boat. She has been lived aboard
and cruised extensively for many years,
and her knowledgeable owner has enhanced an already impressive vessel. She
is completely equipped, using the highest quality materials and equipment,
and has been consistently kept in turnkey condition. SHE IS PRICED TO SELL!
Real Estate Contd.
Services
Aerial Photography, Western S.C.
Michael B. Glenn, Anderson S.C., phone
864-314-1517, e-mail
toxson@bellsouth.net
Waterfront - Cape Carteret Beautiful property located high on a point in
Pettiford Creek with boat lift and private
dock. Panoramic views. Additions to this
3bd, 2 bath house include a den, breakfast room, sunroom, utility room and
large double garage. Home sits on 1/3
acre with an additional 1/3 acre lot attached. MLS 06-6547 $499,000. Wanda
K. Heumacher, Broker/ Bluewater GMAC
Real Estate. 252-342-5482
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you saw their ad here!
Buy a home for your boat! Lot 49
Gilgo Drive, Oriental, N.C. $319,000.
Deep water canal front home site right in
the Village of Oriental. 50’ dock already in
place. Contact Nick Santoro at Coldwell
Banker Willis Smith 252-634-7305
Non-membership fitness studio
in Oriental offers yoga instruction, functional fitness classes, aerobics and Tai
Chi. Walk-ins welcome. Therapeutic Massage by appointment. Monthly
workshops covering physical fitness and
health related topics. 252-670-7535
www.bodybalancefitnessstudio.com
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Send check or money order to: PO Box 1090, Oriental NC 28571
Wanda Heumacher
Off water lot with deep water
boat slip a short walk away in Merritt,
N.C. only $125,000.  Septic installed,
ready to build. Call Nick Santoro at Coldwell Banker Willis Smith  (252) 634-7305
Broker
DIAMOND
415 McLean Drive
Cape Carteret, NC 28584
Office
(252) 393-2111
Fax
(252) 393-2872
Cell
(252) 342-5482
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Atlas Boats New ‘07
Acadia 25
35’ Carver 356 Diesel Aft Cabin. A
turnkey example of this beautiful Yacht.
$164,900
www.harboryachts.com
800-249-0586 or 888-914-2628
Expansive ICW Views! Waterfront
beach home. Great decks and sunny gardens make this property special. Guest cottage and sleeping porch
add to this home’s charm. 5704 E Yacht
Dr, Oak Island, NC $879,000. Contact Pam Hayes (910)232-6130 or visit
www.Southport-Realty.com
Traditional good looks teamed with a
200hp Yanmar diesel. Optional 250hp.
Cruises at 21 knots while burning a
miserly 4.6 gals per hour. Tops out at
25 knots. Central AC/Heat. Aluminum
trailer. Full head with shower. Full
galley with refrigeration. List price
w/trailer is $108,400. Call for special
introductory pricing. We service what
we sell! Full specs online.
Deaton Yacht Sales • Oriental, NC
800 401 1195 • www.deatonyachts.com
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Business Directory/Contd.
THE SAILBOAT COMPANY
Dealer for Com-Pac Yachts
Beta Marine US Ltd
PO Box 5
Arapahoe, NC 28510
www.ipass.net/sailboat
877-227-2473
252-249-2473
Johnnie Scott • Keith Scott
info@betamarinenc.com
www.betamarinenc.com
Model shown BD1005 - 28HP
Dealer Enquiries Welcome
SUPERB PROPULSION ENGINES including our famous
Atomic 4 replacements. 10 to 90hp all KUBOTA powered.
CUSTOM SAILS
BUILT IN BEAUFORT NC
CALL FOR A QUOTE 800 533 3082
www.omarsail.com
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P.O. Box 575
Richlands
NC 28574
(910) 324-4005
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Yachtsman Canvas & Sail
Fine Custom Canvas,
New Sails
& Repair
Phone: 252-633-0754
Cedric & Julie Marsden, Owner/Operators
Cell: 252-670-3153
225B South Front St. rear entrance
E-mail: Yachtsman2@earthlink.net
New Bern, NC 28560
www.yachtsmansail.com
InDepth
DIVING SERVICES
Hull Cleaning • Inspection • Salvage • Prop Pulling
Servicing Pamlico and Craven Counties
Mike & Nancy Falcone
Certified Divers
(252) 745-7952
indepthdiving@earthlink.net
Located on S. Main St., Historic Bath
252-923-9310
Specializing in Waterfront Property in Eastern NC
www.lowtiderealty.com
*Custom Hardtops
*Systems Installations
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*Mold & Plug Fabrication
*Absolutely Anything Fiberglass
Dave Simeon, Owner & Operator
(252) 249-0075
dcboatworks@pamlico.net
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5003 O’quinn Blvd. • Suite G • Southport, NC 28461
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Issue 5 - Carolina Currents

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