Boat and computer work take up most of my time but I also get out to enjoy some of the sites and events in this area of the North Carolina Coast. The event calendar remains pretty full out here and there is a good variety of options for entertainment. One of my favorite things to do though is to simply go for a walk on the beach.
Probably for this reason I seem to end up at Fort Macon pretty often on my outings. At Fort Macon I can enjoy whatever activity is scheduled and then go for a nice walk on the nice beach there. Recently I’ve attended a cannon firing and a concert of Civil War era music at the fort.
For the 4th of July I did some back-road exploring and then spent the afternoon in New Bern, NC. I was really impressed by New Bern’s beautiful and historic down town and look forward to going back. New Bern is celebrating it’s 300th anniversary this year and consequently put on a great 4th of July celebration along the waterfront. The air show was top-notch and I enjoyed watching the fireworks over the many boats on the water. The perfect weather over the weekend of the 4th as me excited about the fall and was a welcome break from the hot weather that has dominated out here lately.
Do those huge bolts connect the keel? Fiberglass and epoxy resin in a friable form constitutes a weapon which can only be counterd by slathering down your naked body before such an encounter with massive amounts of petrolium jelly afterwards by bathing in a vat of ‘Dawn’ dishwashing soap followed of course by a sandy salty scrub in the surf. Short of that you personally are an biohazard, which even at a not so safe distance of two hundred miles causes no small alarm. Great fun. Hope the boat is ready in time for me to cruise say… the carribian when the conk and beer is at its freshest and the weather the finest. Post only after the sand,salt and scrub! -Bob
Ha Ha,, yes the bolts run down into the keel. I can’t remember the numbers but they are quite strong and technically only a few are needed to hold the keel in place in a static environment. The keel weighs close to 4000 pounds though and I can only imagine the forces involved when banging on a reef or sailing close to the wind in a chop. I’m keeping them all for when we run aground in pursuit of more beer and conchs..
jp