Trip to Dowry Creek Marina

Yesterday we headed to Dowry Creek Marina through several miles of beautiful scenery and wild life on the Pungo River Alligator River Canal in North Carolina. By Friday night/Saturday morning it won't look so beautiful. We arrived at Dowry Creek Marina at around 2:00 and made a trip into town via the marina loaner car to pick up shackles to attach the huge Fortress 85 in tandem with our Delta, and as you can see from the picture, if that doesn't hold us, nothing will. The afternoon was spent taking down the fly bridge enclosure, antennas, rigging the anchors etc. etc. Today we left the safety of land and headed for our new "hidey hole" up the Pungo river just a couple miles from the marina. I think we have found a very good spot to hide and we are all alone. (no worries about playing bumper boats) After lowering the Fortress 85 which was a trick in itself, and then the Delta, then letting out another 150 ft of anchor chain, we backed down and set the two anchors. When it is time to lift the anchors after the storm it will probably take three men and a boy along with the Maxwell 3500 windlass to get them out of the mud. If that doesn't work we will use the tender davit. After anchoring we (Stephanie) taped up all the vents, moved the last of the stuff inside and took a long deep breath. Stephanie is the best co-captain and co-worker a person could ever ask for. She's the best. (and we still like each other)
Well the first band of rain is here (the storm still a long ways away) but no wind. Things will get crazy late tonight and early tomorrow. Time to take a nap because I think it will be a long night.

September Song (at anchor, waiting for Hannah) out
Bob