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2011 Spring Boatyard Life
12 May 2011 | Coastal Living, Sailing | No Responses
It’s been a great Spring here at Bock Marine. Most of my time has been spent working on my Pearson 28-1 but I’ve also enjoyed visiting with friends, the occasional bike ride and a little time on the water. Here are a few photos from a sailing trip on Ciganka, a steel Ketch that spends most of it’s time in the Bahamas. You can also see Peter Hampton, who came down from Toronto, as he shapes a piece of steel that we used to extract the through-hulls on my boat. Finally there is a photo of the crane that fell off of its sinking barge and into the ICW channel shortly after I arrived in March. Deconstruction and extraction of the crane and barge turned into a long undertaking and was interesting to observe.
Midsummer coastal life
11 July 2010 | Coastal Living, Sailing | 2 Responses
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.
Photos from around Bock Marine and Beaufort NC
12 December 2009 | Coastal Living, Sailing | 2 Responses
Here are a few photos that I have taken recently that aren’t related to my sailboat restoration project.
The only photo that may need explanation is the one of the bunk-bed with soldiers playing checkers. This bed is an accurate replica of the bunks used by soldiers stationed at Fort Macon during the civil war period. I found it interesting that they slept 4 soldiers per each narrow bunk. There were many other details of living conditions there that make me appreciate my own. If you have the chance I recommend a visit to Fort Macon.
Boats on a foggy morning
9 November 2009 | Coastal Living, Sailing | No Responses
A few days ago I awoke sometime before dawn. Instead of trying to go back to sleep I waited for the first signs of light and then headed out for a walk. It was a very foggy morning and so I took some photos of boats currently at Bock Marine.
A great variety of boats stop by Bock for hauling and maintenance or repair work and a walk through the yard is similar to walking through an art gallery though the art is all under some sort of construction. There are many different boats with hulls from sleek to stout, fair to foul. There are boats made of steel, aluminum, wood and of course fiberglass. Powered by a variety of sailing rigs, or engines the boats are built for pleasure, work, open water voyaging or maybe simply to give someone something to work on (my boats current purpose).
Bock Marine
24 October 2009 | Coastal Living, Sailing | No Responses
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.
