Just North of Beaufort North Carolina at the intersection of Highway 101 and the ICW is a boatyard called Bock Marine. This is where I’ve been working on my Pearson 28-1. This yard is ideal for the do it yourselfer and offers expert service as well. A lot of folks are here doing maintenance work on their boats before sailing south for the winter. Others, like me, are going to be here a little longer as they work through larger projects.
With power and water and wifi at the boat and showers and laundry nearby I’ve got all that I need and am enjoying taking my time assessing and planning what to do with this boat and the work that it needs. It’s also nice to be surrounded by folks with similar projects going on. One of my favorite things about working here is that I can look at so many different types of sailing boats whenever I feel like getting away from the Pearson for a bit. There are beautiful wooden boats, serious looking steel hulls and every flavor of fiberglass boats from full keeled cruisers to fin keeled racers. Maybe I’ll put up a gallery of some of my favorites soon.
