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May/June 2007 Carolina Currents 3The North and South Carolina Boater’s Magazine

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Feature Coverage This Issue:

8 The Pickle Dish: CORA Offers Offshore Challenges

10 Sailor’s Life: Look Out, Cape Lookout!

11 Prepare Now for Busy Hurricane Season

11 Charleston Hosts Ships, Festival, C2B Race Fleet

13 Current Destination: Oriental, N.C.

18 Cruising Through: Yawl Comeback

21 Regatta Roundup: Governor’s, Leukemia Cups & More

23 Portal to the Past: Evolution of Sea Island Yacht Racing

24 Currently Aweigh: Pause for Jeremiah

26 Casting About: Jigs, Spoons and Dinks

4 Publisher’s Ponderings

5 Current News

6 Mail Buoy

7 Club Corner

20 Current Calendar

22 EcoBoating

25 Cool Products and Book Reviews

27 Emily Coast

27 Brokerage/Business Directory/Classifieds

• More Pickles and Product Reviews

• Current Destination: Hartwell Lake, S.C.

• Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks

• Previews of Rockville Regatta and Windmill Nationals

• Charleston Maritime Festival Photos

• Classifieds Space Deadline: May 25

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On the CoverQuixotic, a Bristol 35, and other sailboats on the Neuse at Oriental, N.C. Photo by Jo Lucey.

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Murrels Inlet, Georgetown,Savannah, 8

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Oriental has long been described as a quaint fishing village. While the fishing boats - both working and pleasure - remain, in recent decades they have become greatly outnumbered by sailing craft. Even permanent residents are outnumbered three-to-one by sailboats. As a result, the town’s water tower proudly declares that Oriental is the Sailing Capi-tal of North Carolina.

Until two years ago, the only things resembling chain stores were a few indepen-dent branches of national real estate franchises. It speaks volumes that the first (and still only) national chain to muscle its way inside the city limits is a West Marine. Everything else is proudly independently owned and operated - and the local residents like it that way.

By land, you’d only happen upon Oriental if you were taking the scenic route to the ferry across the Neuse River in Min-nesott Beach. The town isn’t exactly on the way to anything else.

By water, however, it is only the small-est of detours from the well-worn path called the Intracoastal Waterway to drop your hook in the small town harbor or one of the town’s creeks, to pick up a slip in one of the top-notch marinas, or to hope for your 48 hours on the coveted free town dock. “Come for a visit, stay for a lifetime,” suggests one local realtor. Many boaters - us being a prime example - are seduced into doing just that.

It’s the sheltered creeks to weather storms. And the mostly benign sailing conditions on the Neuse River with great daytrips in every direction: upstream to New Bern, downstream to the Outer Banks, across the river to the secret local favorite South River anchorage, or onto the ICW like a waterborne highway to go anywhere else. It’s the affordable real

estate and boat slips. Plus the waterfront, unspoiled woodlands and rural farmland views surrounding the town. But mostly it’s the friendliness of the people.

After cruising most of the eastern seaboard and Caribbean, Oriental was the place we most wanted to return to and call home. Many find a place to enjoy their

well-earned retirement here, but we don’t fit that demo-graphic. What would we do? We realized: the thing that Oriental and the Carolinas needed - and deserved - was a great boating magazine.

We hope you’ll agree with the unanimous conclusion of our first readers’ survey (see the winner below) that you’re holding it in your hands.

Speaking of great things, there’s still time to get involved with the Leuke-mia Cup Regatta (p. 21) being held in Southport, N.C., May 18-20. As a former employee of M.D. Anderson Cancer Cen-ter in Houston, I’ve seen firsthand what a devastating disease cancer can be. Take part in the race or other activities planned by the Cape Fear Yacht Club, or just make a pledge to support this worthy cause.

If you miss this event, you’ll still have a chance to help out when the Cup sails south to Charleston and Savannah in September.

If it’s a cup you want, you can do no better than vie for the 50th annual Gover-nor’s Cup (p. 22) on Kerr Lake in June.

Other big events include the Charles-ton Maritime Festival and bi-annual Charleston to Bermuda race (p.11), and the dreaded return of hurricane season (p. 11).

As always, let us know if there’s some-thing happening on the waterways near you that your fellow readers should know about. E-mail your tips, comments, letters or concerns to: [email protected].

Chains, Cups and ‘Canes

Robert Navarro of North Carolina is the lucky winner of the Leatherman tool, drawn from our survey participants. Several others won our consolation prizes of nautical books. Thanks to all who participated and please keep letting us know how we’re doing.

$100 Leatherman Tool Winner


Submit News by e-mail to [email protected]. Please include your phone number for verification.

For complete News coverage, visit www.CarolinaCurrents.com.

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AIWA Lobbies for Ditch FundsWASHINGTON, D.C. - A con-

tingency from the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (www.atlintracoast-al.org) lobbied Congressmen from South Carolina and Georgia to raise awareness of shoaling problems along the waterway in those states.

The group learned that ICW funding is one of S.C. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s top priorities, but Sen. Jim DeMint considers the waterway an earmark, and he doesn’t support funding earmarks.

An aide for U.S. Rep. James Clyburn said the waterway isn’t a priority this year, but Clyburn does support AIWA’s efforts. U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson met with the group and promised to do whatever he can to get additional funds in the budget. U.S. Rep. Henry Brown’s staff said the ICW was his top priority in a funding request he’d already submitted.

A meeting with Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson’s office was described as “brief and not encouraging.” But Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss agreed to submit a funding request for dredging the major trouble spots in Georgia. U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston promised to do what he can to help.

Carolinas Nab Safety GrantsALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Pamlico

Sail and Power Squadron in Washington, N.C., will produce 1,000 boating safety brochures aimed at local eighth-graders. And the Lake Hartwell Association of Anderson, S.C., will produce 20,000 boat-ing safety brochures on navigating Lake Hartwell and other local safety topics.

The two groups were among 23 non-profit boating groups nationwide awarded nearly $50,000 in safety grants by the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water.

Survey Finds Ramp DemandRALEIGH, N.C. – Seventy percent

of those surveyed by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission said they would like to see more public boat ramps built and maintained by the state.

The 2006 Boating Access Survey

received input from 3,783 residents, with particular attention paid to coastal coun-ties. Seven out of 10 respondents said they use public boat ramps and cited ease of use, convenient location and fishing opportuni-ties near access points as considerations.

A significant number - especially in coastal areas - said crowding, limited park-ing and lack of public restrooms are major factors that should be addressed. One out of three coastal respondents said they’d lost access to a boat ramp in the last five years.

Mt. Pleasant West Marine OpenMT. PLEASANT, S.C. - West Marine

opened a new location at 1440 Ben Sawyer Blvd., Suite 1109, in the Bi-Lo Shopping Center in Mt. Pleasant in February. Boast-ing nearly 8,000 square feet of retail space, this new location is packed with thousands of products for boaters.

It is the company’s fourth store in Charleston County. Kevin Barber is the store manager. “Mt. Pleasant West Marine Associates have more than 50 years of combined boating experience, and they are eager to help meet all of Charleston County’s boating needs,” said West Marine CEO Peter Harris. Five percent of opening day sales were donated to the South Caro-lina Maritime Heritage Foundation to help build the Spirit of South Carolina tall ship.

Working Waterfront Loss DiscussedNORFOLK, Va. - Whether it’s a recre-

ational boat marina, a charter boat landing or a commercial fishing facility - working waterfronts are under siege from coastal redevelopment pressures.

The first-ever Working Waterways and Waterfronts - A National Symposium on Water Access will be held May 9-11 at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel.

One session will focus on “Guiding State Waterfront Access Policy and Pro-grams in North Carolina.” For a full agenda and registration details, visit www.waterac-cess2007.com or call (800)249-0179.

Hamm Tapped as Top CoachCHARLESTON, S.C. - Ryan Hamm,

who volunteers as coach of the James

Island Charter High School sailing team, was named the national volunteer coach of the year by U.S. Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee.

U.S. Sailing, the national governing body for sailing and sailboat racing, says of Hamm, “As a mentor, coach, and friend, Hamm constantly reminds the team how hard work can provide great results, and how far they have come as a team.” The team clinched first place in their 15-team, four-state region.

Rast, Miller Make US Sailing TeamPORTSMOUTH, R.I. - Two sailors

with Carolina connections have made the 2007 US Sailing Team. Chris Rast of Wake Forest, N.C. made the team in the 49er skiff class and Michael Miller of Charles-ton, S.C. earned a slot in the 470 mens’s class. The US Sailing Team was created in 1986 to recruit and develop the top Ameri-can sailors for upcoming Olympics.

Sea Grant Gains ResearcherCHARLESTON, S.C. - Denise

Sanger has joined the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium as the assistant director for research and planning. She has experience in coastal zone management and ecotoxi-cology and is particularly interested in the impacts of human land use on the estuarine environment.

Sanger eared a doctorate in marine sci-ence in 1998 from the University of South Carolina. Her research projects include evaluating the impacts of development on tidal creek and salt marsh ecosystems.

Carolina Composites Moves to Ga.CLAXTON, Ga. - Family-owned

Carolina Composites, manufacturer of center console, fish-and-ski and bay boats under the Pioneer Boats brand, is relocat-ing from Harleyville, S.C. to Claxton, Ga.

The move involves a $2 million invest-ment and expectations to hire at least 100 employees over the next three years. Roy McSwain and his brother Mike Holmes co-own the company, which is customizing a 40,000-square-foot building in the Evans County Industrial Park.


Mail Buoy – Your Letters on Boating in the Carolinas

Submit Letters by e-mail to [email protected]. Please

include your phone number, which we won’t publish. We may edit for space.

Tax Boats the Same as Motor HomesOur letters to Charleston County Council

requesting that boats be taxed the same as motor homes have gone unanswered. We attended the Feb. 1 Finance Committee meeting but we were not given the opportunity to speak. Our representative has told us that County Council wishes to put the boat tax discussion off until next fall.

In June of 2006, the South Carolina Legislature revised the motor home statute (S.1245Act No. 386) to include boats. A sentence was added giving the individual counties the opportunity to tax boats as real property. Horry, Georgetown, Lancaster and other counties passed ordinances immediately. Charleston County has not.

The statewide inconsistency between motor home and boat taxes (6 percent vs. 10.5 percent, respectively) has existed for over a decade. South Carolina’s boat tax at 10.5 percent Assessed Value is one of the highest in the nation. As a result, thousands of South Carolina boat owners including many in Charleston County have taken measures to avoid paying this onerous tax.

Charleston County is not just losing millions in personal property tax revenues. Millions of dollars in sales tax and income tax revenues are also being lost because boats located elsewhere do not use the marinas, boat yards, boat stores, technicians, mechanics and other boating-related services located here in Charleston County. A fair and equitable tax system would encourage local and transient boaters to moor their boats here and spend their boating dollars locally. It is self-defeating to let this unjust tax stand.

The auditors of Georgetown, Horry and Lancaster Counties have concluded that taxing boats equitably increases tax revenues.

Charleston County boaters and voters need to remind their representatives at the state and local level that taxes need to be applied with fairness and equity. Boats need to be assessed at 6 percent of Appraised Value just like motor homes.

We need help. Charleston County boaters and voters need to let their representatives know that they want boats assessed at the same rate as motor homes. Thanks.Richard Wehle, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

Visit www.CharlestonCounty.org and click on the “Elected Officials” link at the top of the page if you want to share your thoughts where it counts the most. ~Editor

Keep Marinas PublicI think you are doing a great job and I

appreciate your efforts at publishing a local sailing magazine. I have become quite tired of reading the Chesapeake news in Spinsheet while wishing we had the same type of publication.

I would also like to comment on the Mail Buoy item from Bob Kelly. I feel that privatizing marinas will hurt the average cruising sailor. As coastal communities find that they can no longer afford to maintain public marinas, slip space and dockage

will become unavailable to the “rest” of us. This will hurt the boating industry as a whole and have a very negative affect on weekend cruisers.Capt. Donald Morgan, Fort Mill, S.C.

Thanks Don. What do the rest of you think? ~Editor

Classified Ads WorkWe had to write and tell you that we are amazed

at the response to our classified ad in the first edition of your magazine. We had a selection of surplus boat gear for sale and used your magazine as a way to get the word out. To date, we have received numerous calls for the items and have sold virtually everything. Even months after the ad ran, individuals give us a call to see if any items are still available.

We enjoy your magazine and wish you the best. Jim and Jan Dumouchelle S/V Windigo

Ahoy Jim and Jan! Glad they worked. Check out our new online classifieds now available on our web edition for an even quicker response. ~Editor

Along for the CruiseCongrats on Carolina Currents! We picked

one up at Boaters’ World and thoroughly enjoy the local focus. We have sailed in primarily SC and NC (based in Southport and New Bern) for the past decade. Happy to see a sailing publication dedicated to our primary sailing grounds. Although we’ll continue to spend a lot of time in NC, we are selling our house and moving aboard to go cruising for a few years. Even though we are trying to eliminate paper mail/subscriptions, we will subscribe and look forward to your magazine finding us so we can keep up on what’s going on in NC.Robert Navarro S/V Ciel Bleu

Thanks Robert. Be sure to write to us about your cruising adventures so we can share them in our Cur-rently Aweigh column. ~Editor

New Bern NotesWe picked up your mag and I couldn’t believe it

was free! Such great info about the area.Let’s see info on New Bern for people to know

that it is a great town and welcomes sailors. If you sail into New Bern, Captain Ratty’s will give you a burgee on which to write your boat’s name and they will hang it up for you. It used to be the nautical shop in town. The Galley Store has fuel and tie-ups for the day and they are building the last waterfront business on the Neuse - a huge restaurant with upstairs lounge/ bar area. They are just looking for the perfect restaurant to come in and make it home. They have a great selection of fresh foods and snacks and wines and beers and gifty things.

We are looking forward to cruising the Outer Banks and would like to see articles about them.

Keep up the great work. We hope you have many, many years of success!Spencer and Kathleen Bailey

Thanks guys. We’ll definitely be up to New Bern and down to the Outer Banks to share their charms in future editions. ~Editor

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Caro-linas’ Coast Marine Web Portal, a new experimental website, provides a single destina-tion for Carolina boaters to find weather radar, buoy data, wind speeds, surface temperatures, air pressure, bathymetry and even NOAA Weather Radio frequencies superimposed over a chart of the coastline out to 250 miles offshore.

Links from the chart connect to news releases, marine hazard warnings and current forecasts, as well as definitions of terms used on the site.

The Web Portal - www.weather.gov/carolinascoast - integrates real-time marine data from the National Weather Service and seven other agencies. A link beneath the map takes users to a survey. Results will help determine if the site sheds the “experimental” label.

“The Carolinas’ Coast Marine Web Portal provides our customers with one site to easily obtain all the marine data they need to safely chart their course along the Carolina coastline,” said John Guiney, NWS chief of Meteo-rological Services.

New NC Boating Guides Now Available

RALEIGH, N.C. - The popular Coastal Boating Guide has been updated and upgraded for 2007-08. Copies are available now via the NCWater-ways.com website. They are also being distributed to marinas, ship’s stores, gov-ernment offices and other coastal locations.

This year’s edition includes an identifier guide for popular sports fishing species, a summary of the new fishing license rules, a synopsis of the aids to navigation system, and tips on how mariners can help protect the shoreline, coastal birds and sea turtles.

The new guide lists just 121 marinas and boatyards - down from 145 in the previous edition - reflecting the conversion of several public marinas to dockominium ownership and the shoaling in of a few marinas in the Calabash/Shallote River area near the South Carolina border.

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Club Corner

In addition to a number of great summer camps offering sail-ing programs (see Sail Away to Summer Camp on p. 11 in our

March/April issue), the Carolinas boast many yacht and sailing clubs offering beginner and intermediate sailing classes for youth. Some clubs may require membership and most give preference to the children of members, so call soon to check availability.

North CarolinaCape Fear Yacht Club www.cfycnc.comBeginner Sailing Camps June 11-28. Perry Hunt, (910)454-8133The Carolina Sailing Foundation www.carolinasailingfoundation.orgOffshoot of Carolina Sailing Club based in the Triangle. Sailing basics and racing techniques taught on area lakes aboard Optis, 420s and Flying Scots. Ages 8-13 call Amy (919)968-4618; high school-aged, Dan (919)469-1668; adults, Roy (919)469-1808Carolina Yacht Club, Wrightsville Beach www.carolinayachtclub.orgIntro to intermediate courses begin June 18. Call sailing director at (252)256-3396, ext. 18Duck Yacht Club (Nor’banks) www.norbanks.comAges 10-14 on Hobie Waves, June 18-Aug. 13. Jon (252)261-2900Lake Norman Yacht Club www.lakenormanyachtclub.com“Heading, Sheeting & Boat Speed” sailing camp June 18-22. Bob and Smitta Quinn, (704)782-5665, [email protected] Townsend Yacht Club www.laketownsendyachtclub.comClasses for ages 10-15 with Greensboro Parks and Recreation. June 18- July 17. (336)282-7773, [email protected]. Maritime Museum, Beaufort www.ncmaritime.orgJunior Sailing Program ages 8-15 two-week courses mid-June through mid-August. [email protected]. Maritime Museum, Manteo www.obxmaritime.orgYouth Learn to Sail Program, ages 8 and up, basic and intermediate instruction on Optis and 420s. (252)475-1750, [email protected] Hollow Yacht Club www.ohyc.comTwo-week basic Sunfish classes with High Point Parks and Recreation, May-August. (336)883-3494, [email protected]

South CarolinaBeaufort Yacht and Sailing Club www.byscnet.comLearn to Sail Camp, intro to advanced levels, 8 and up, June 4-29. (843)522-8216, [email protected] Community Sailing www.charlestoncommunitysailing.orgNon-profit group offers beginner through racing programs, ages 11 through high school. Classes begin in June. (843)607-4890, [email protected] Yacht Club www.charlestonyachtclub.com25-year-old summer program with Optis and 420s for ages 7-12. Starts June 10, July 2, July 23. (843)722-4968, [email protected] Sailing Club www.columbiasailingclub.orgWeek-long beginner and intermediate sessions for ages 8 and up begin June 11 and 18. Robert (803)252-4844, [email protected] Island Yacht Club www.jiyc.orgAll levels and ages in Optis, Sufish and 420s in June and July. (843)795-6060Lake Murray Sailing Club www.lmsc.orgAges 7 and up in Optis June 11-Aug. 11. (803)735-0011, [email protected] Carolina Yacht Club www.scyachtclub.comJunior Sailing Program marks 15th season with learn-to-sail, intermediate and racing classes in Optis, 420s and JY15s. June 4-Aug. 10. [email protected]

GeorgiaSavannah Sailing Center www.savannahsailingcenter.orgCatch the Wind Programs taught in Optis, Harpoons and 420s. (912)231-9996

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The 2007 Offshore Challenges schedule is:

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Tripp Fellabom of UK-Halsey Sails Charleston was walking down a dock on a beautiful 82-degree day with a 10-knot

sea breeze and noticed that no sailboats were out sailing. “What have we got to do to get the boats out?” he wondered. So he helped spawn the idea of Charleston Ocean Racing Association’s Offshore Challenges.

Hoping to reach beyond experienced offshore racers for par-ticipation, these events are being set up as “challenges” rather than races, with training seminars prior to the events to cover seaman-ship and offshore safety, plus classes are being offered by Ocean Sailing Academy (OSA). CORA ran three Offshore Challenges last year and plans to improve upon the format this year.

The Challenges are opportunities for aspiring and seasoned sailors alike to sail offshore in a structured environment. Each event will be 100-120 nautical miles, and should take about 24 hours to complete, depending on the vessel. All events will begin in Charleston Harbor on Friday evenings and end back in the har-bor on Saturday. Sailors who don’t have a boat but are interested in participating should check the Crew Board on the Offshore Chal-lenge section of the CORA web page, or contact Ocean Sailing Academy to sail on a student vessel.

Organizers hope boats from all over the Carolinas and Georgia will participate in this year’s Challenges. Sponsors are CORA, Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina, Ocean Sailing Academy and UK-Halsey Sailmakers.

“We are going to build on last year’s experiences to make the Challenges better,” said Randy Draftz of CharlestonYachting.com,

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who serves as CORA’s rear commodore. “We have shortened the courses a bit to ensure a Saturday night finish so everyone will still have Sunday to recuperate. We are also going to do some direct mail and other promotions to bolster participation.”

The Challenges are sailed under Offshore Category 3 Rules for required safety gear. “The intent is to educate and provide the opportunity for more sailors to gain offshore experience - not necessarily racers, but sailors who wouldn’t mind taking their boat offshore to test their boat and seamanship,” Draftz added.

OSA in Mt. Pleasant is offering a special Offshore Challenge course for participants who would like some training before the events. The training can be done on your boat, or on an OSA vessel. The course covers safety procedures, sailing tactics (practic-ing spinnaker sets and douses, etc.), navigation skills and man overboard drills. For dates, times and locations, check the Offshore Challenge page on the CORA website (www.charlestonocean racing.org).

A safety worksheet and registration forms are available on the same site. To register, fax a completed form to Randy Draftz at (843)278-8671, or e-mail to [email protected]. The Offshore Challenges are open to boats 30 feet or larger that meet Category 3 safety requirements. They are free to CORA member boats or $50 for non-members.

“We want to help sailors learn how to sail offshore, learn how to sail offshore safely, and learn how to sail offshore enjoyably,” Fellabom concluded.

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The Sailor’s Life

With summer waning, my wife and I decided to take our “nearly finished”

boat to the coast for a week’s cruise. I’d spent six months adding a pilothouse to our Com-pac 23d “Blest B’yond B’lief,” so we could have standing headroom and indoor steering. It was time for a sea trial.

So my wife Barb, dog Benji and I set out for Beaufort, N.C., to launch at Len-noxville Point. We eased the boat into the waters of Taylor Creek and cranked up the little inboard diesel engine I call “Pop-eye.” Up the river we motored and took a glimpse at the Beaufort boardwalk. “This is a real seaport,” I thought.

We decided to anchor in the creek for the night. There is quite a current as the tides come and go, changing the direction of the current with each change of tide. We slept relatively well.

Day Two dawned and the real adven-ture began. With clear skies, good wind and the Atlantic within reach, my child-hood dreams of sailing in the ocean were finally to come true. We motored out the inlet to try our hand at sailing the sea.

About 50 yards out of the inlet and passing buoy 17, I raised the mainsail, cut the engine and headed east hoping to sail parallel to the coast of Shackleford Bank toward Cape Lookout. Then something very strange happened. That big fat number 17 we’d just passed was getting closer!

“It’s coming after us!” Barb shouted. My first impulse was to start the engine and get out of the way, but Popeye wouldn’t rise to the occasion and the rudder didn’t seem to be responding. In a few seconds

we SMACKED the steel buoy broadside! With a “sinking” feeling I imagined a huge hole in the side of my little ship.

As we drifted, I examined the hull and found only some scratches to my paint. I decided to sail back to Beaufort to try to figure out what had happened. It was, of course, the strong incoming current that I’d failed to take into account. The buoy wasn’t coming after us, we were being carried into it. “This ain’t no Kerr Lake,” I realized.

Anchored off, I inspected Popeye but couldn’t get it going. So we raised sail and headed back to Lennoxville where I spent about an hour reading the Yanmar Manual. While trying this and that, the tide went out and left us stuck in the knee-high muck at the dock. During the low tide I discovered a clogged fuel cap vent. I cleaned it and Popeye cranked right up … and began overheating!

I eventually found the water inlet filter clogged up with sand and cleaned it out. I began to wonder if it was time to load up and forget this whole thing, but Barb encouraged me to forge ahead.

Day Three dawned and it was time to try again. So back out the inlet we went. This time I motored a mile beyond buoy 17 before raising the sails. With the engine idling, I made the turn to head toward Cape Lookout again. Seas and winds were higher this day but we seemed to be mak-ing progress toward our destination. This, I thought, was how it is supposed to be.

But the rolling motion of the seas quickly made Barb seasick. I reluctantly turned back and headed for the peaceful

anchorage in the Back Sound. We, again, had a great night’s sleep.

Day Four found us anchored all morn-ing while tornado warnings associated with some tropical storm named Beryl threat-ened the region. When the weather cleared, I thought we might try the “back way” to the Cape via Harker’s Island.

Following the channel as far as I could, the cut to Cape Lookout began to show 18 inches. We draw 28. I turned back.

Being able to see the Lookout Light from that position it seemed to be saying “Ha Ha, ya can’t come here, can ya?” We spent another night behind Shackleford.

Day Five arrived and a hose came loose behind the v-berth. A hose to the head. It was time to go home.

I noticed while sailing to Harker’s Island that Taylor Creek entered the Back Sound. “Hmm. A shortcut to the Lennox-ville ramp. We’ll go that way,” I told Barb.

“Three feet of water at low tide,” a pass-ing boater warned. Well, there may have been 3 feet, but it must have only been 2 feet wide. We were soon aground. I rigged up a seat cushion on a rope for a safety measure and pitched it overboard before getting in the water to push.

After struggling for half an hour push-ing and pulling with Barb at the engine and rudder controls we were finally afloat. I quickly boarded and put Popeye in gear. The engine seized. That blasted rope/cush-ion had wound tight around the prop!

I spent an hour diving under the boat with my trusty knife to no avail. Nearly exhausted, I stuck out my hitchhiking thumb and the first powerboat that came by gave us a tow all the way to the ramp.

We loaded up and returned to Raleigh feeling like I’d been beaten up by a heavy-weight boxer. “I’m going to sell this stupid boat and forget sailing forever,” I declared.

Soon, however, the aches, pains and dis-appointments subsided. My mind relived the “good things.” What memories! What a beautiful ocean! What an enchanting port! The boat didn’t let us down, it was my inexperience and ignorance that did it. And what a week! I think we’ll do it again!

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CHARLESTON, S.C. - The newly launched schooner Spirit of South

Carolina will be the centerpiece of a spectacular long weekend for waterfront activities in May.

Currently being fitted with masts and rigging after its launch in March, the traditional wooden vessel will be among a fleet of as many as two dozen taking part in the Tall Ships Charleston event, beginning with a majestic parade of sail on May 17, viewable from several waterfront locales. S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford will greet the ships and honor the captains and naval officers at a Governor’s Ball that evening.

Tall Ships Charleston is the first stop on the Ameri-can Sail Train-ing Associ-ation’s Tall Ships Chal-lenge, a voyage travel-

ing north up the eastern seaboard. Ships from around the globe will gather to celebrate the launch of the Spirit before departing for Virginia, Rhode Island and Nova Scotia.

Individual boarding passes costing $10 (children 10 years and under are free) are required to tour the vessels May 18-20. Other tall ships confirmed at press time include: Spirit Of Bermuda (another new schooner inspired by an 1831 painting), the clippers Pride of Baltimore II, Schooner Virginia, and the Indian Navy square rigger Tarangini. Negotiations with at least seven others were pending.

Boarding passes may be purchased in advance at www.etix.com or at Carolina First Bank locations in the coastal Carolinas. They will also be available on-site 10 a.m.-5 p.m., May 18-20.Maritime Festival and C2B

Meanwhile ashore, the his-toric port will be bustling with activities for the free Charleston Maritime Festival. All are invit-ed to enjoy free entertainment, including pirate encampments, classic wooden boat displays,

sailing and rowing, a children’s village, family boat-building, maritime art, music and more. Most of the events are centered around the Charleston Maritime Center, 10 Wharfside St.

In the midst of all that action, the excitement will rachet up another notch at noon on May 18 as a fleet of modern racing yachts enters the harbor to begin the sixth running of the Charleston to Bermuda Race. C2B, founded in 1997, sails every two years.

The big day will be rounded out with a performance by the Grammy-winning quartet Hootie and the Blowfish, playing to their hometown fans.

Hurricane experts issued a 2007 hur-

ricane season forecast that looks like a near carbon copy of the fore-cast they made last year. Once again, they call for an above average number of tropical storms and major hurricanes.

Once again, coastal residents hope they are wrong. But with the destruction of 2004 and 2005 still fresh in their memo-ries, most people realize that last year’s mild season was a fluke and are bracing for the worst.

Thanks to the Pacific Ocean’s warm El Niño affecting conditions on the opposite side of the continent in 2006, the Atlantic spawned just 10 tropical storms, two of which - Alberto and Ernesto - made land-fall along the Carolinas. The season also

brought a below-average five hurricanes, none of which came ashore in the states.

But El Niño has rapidly dissipated in recent months. The Colorado State Uni-versity storm research team led by pioneer William Gray now expects nearly twice as much activity as last year, with 17 tropical storms and nine hurricanes forecast.

They predict that five hurricanes will be Category 3 or higher with winds over 110 mph, and issued a 74 percent probability that one of those major hurricanes will

make landfall in the United States.

The CSU team issued a 37.7 percent probability of a tropi-cal storm and a 10.7 percent probability of a hurricane hitting the Carolina coast this year. While there

is only a 1.7 percent chance of an intense hurricane making landfall here, they put the odds of one visiting the vicinity at 13.9 percent.

With a population of 1.77 million and rapidly growing in the 2000 Census, the 418-mile coastline in the Carolinas is becoming more vulnerable for major dam-age if (or when) a major storm strikes here.

So dig out your extra storm lines and prepare for the worst while hoping for the best.

Prepare Now for Busy Hurricane Season

Charleston Hosts Ships, Festival, C2B Race Fleet

Storm Preparation Tips

• Make a plan now and hold a storm drill to practice it

• Decide whether to keep your boat in its slip, haul it out or anchor it in a hurricane hole, then make appropriate arrangements

• Know your marina’s hurricane plan. Ask for a printed copy and read it

• Ask neighboring boat owners what their plans are

• Gather necessary supplies - spare lines, chafing gear, fenders, flashlights, anchors, duct tape, plugs, foul weather gear, etc. - in one place

• Practice taking down your sails, bimini, dodger, etc.

• Keep fuel and water tanks topped up during the seasonFor more hurricane tips and resources,

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Oriental“I’d Rather be Sailing”

ORIENTAL, N.C. - Picture a town where boats outnumber people three

to one, the big summer festival celebrates the croaker fish and car license plates la-ment “I’d rather be sailing.”

The village of Oriental, on the widest part of the Neuse River, is a natural stop between Beaufort, N.C. to the south and Belhaven, N.C. to the north. Each year thousands of Intracoastal Waterway travel-ers do just that.

“We see every kind of boat imagin-able,” says Tom McIlhenny, manager of the Oriental Marina and Inn on the downtown waterfront. “From liveaboards to corporate transient boats and everything in between.

People gather at the Tiki Bar and you’re likely to have the bank president sitting next to the town character sitting next to the megayacht owner.”

Repeat visitors are drawn to what he calls the ultra-friendly, laid-back attitude.

The village of fewer than 1,000 fulltime residents is easy, friendly and genuine. Customers at the inn’s dockside bar jump up to aid boats that need help getting in. “This is a town,” McIlhenny says, “that wants people to like it.”

Oriental was incorporated at the turn of the 19th century, and commercial fisher-men quickly saw the advantages of the location. Today the village remains true to its heritage. The harbor is lined with fishing boats that bring in the crab, shrimp and flounder proudly served in area restaurants.

The town was even named after a boat. The steamship Oriental sank in stormy seas off Cape Hatteras in 1862. Some years later, Rebecca Midyette, wife of the town’s founder, saw the ship’s nameplate, which had washed ashore on the Outer Banks. She proposed the name to the fledgling community and it’s been Oriental since.

Oriental is a place to slow down, relax and enjoy the scenery. It inspires artists, and many call Oriental home. Wood carv-ers, painters and craftspeople abound.

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expanded hardware store, a bank with ATM, post office, two veterinarians, marine suppliers and gift shops, all within easy walking distance.

If you’re due a meal ashore, choices abound. The Toucan Grill, M&M’s and the Oriental Steamer all offer full menus including steaks, seafood and pasta. You can get pizza or wings in the fun atmo-sphere of the Hardtail Saloon, located inside a former grain silo. Scoot’s Restau-rant offers pizza, salads and subs, as well as specials that range from veal parmesan to spinach calzone. For traditional Down East fare, try Brantley’s Village Restaurant, which features fresh fish and a popular all-

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convenient and relaxing spot to meet with dirt-dwelling friends and family. Lodgings ashore range from genteel bed and break-fasts to fully-equipped condo units.

Small boat and dinghy sailors will find plenty to their liking here, as well. Trail-erable boats are easily launched at the N.C. Wildlife Ramp just north of the Oriental bridge. Free parking is available at the ramp site. On days when the Neuse is too boisterous for small craft, adjacent Smith and Greens Creeks provide plenty of pro-

tected sailing in a beautiful setting.This is the site of the Oriental Dinghy

Club’s annual Greens Creek Challenge Regatta (set for Oct. 20 this year) open to all boats under 20 feet. The ODC organiz-es races throughout the year for members ranging from casual local sailors to Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Jud Smith, who vis-its to sail his Etchells with local crewmates Henry Frazer and Mike Craig.

The Sailing Club of Oriental is another active group of local sailors with a cruising focus. SCOO offers a year round schedule of social and on-the water activities.

Oriental is widely known as The Sailing Capital of North Carolina. But whether your choice of transportation is sail, power or paddle, you can be sure you’ll find a warm and genuine welcome.

Oriental EssentialsThe clearly-marked entrance channel

is at ICW Milemarker 182 and leads past a breakwater. The first marina you’ll see is Oriental Harbor [$1.50/ft. to $1.65/ft., VHF 16 /77 or (252)249-3783]. Many of the slips are privately owned, but the marina has five transient slips in the 50-

foot range, two catamaran slips, and room for boats up to 100 feet along the outside of the docks. The price includes water. Electricity is extra. The on-site Harbor Deli and Bistro offers indoor and outside waterfront dining, often with live music, and is a popular place for breakfast with a great view. The General Store, inside Oriental’s historic former train station, has a selection of wine, beer and other provisions.

The Oriental Marina and Inn [$1.50/ft., VHF 16 or (252)249-1818] will be to starboard as you enter the harbor. The marina welcomes transients up to 80 feet at 12 slips with electric, water and cable, clean showers, a swim-ming pool, laundry, fuel, bar, restaurant and free wi-fi. Depths run about 6 feet. This facility also welcomes anchored-out boats to use their laundry or to use the showers for a $5 fee.

The town offers free dockage at the north end of the harbor. There’s room for four or five boats if you’re willing to raft up. No water or electricity and it’s limited to 48 hours per stay.

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in the town anchorage, at the mouth of the harbor, be sure to leave room in the channel for the commercial fleet to pass. The anchorage can comfortably hold seven or eight boats, although Oriental Harbor dockmaster Ross Pease says he’s seen as many as 20 during migration season. The user-friendly town dinghy dock is on the northeast side of the anchorage.

Lunar tides in Oriental are negligible, but wind-driven tides cause depths to fluc-tuate by a few feet in prolonged blows.

Trawlers and others that can slip under the 45-foot Robert Scott Bridge will find ample and protected anchorage with good holding in Smith and Greens Creeks.

Another option for the shorter-masted is friendly Clancy’s Marina [(252)675-1410] located past the bridge along the banks of Camp Creek. There’s power and water on the floating docks, new showers and restrooms. Clancy’s also offers on-site

mechanical and electrical repairs. Most of Oriental’s businesses can be

reached on foot or bicycle. Hodges Street, immediately in front of the town dock, is home to the Inland Waterway Provision Company. Here you can find marine sup-plies, clothing, books, shoes and gifts.

The Bean is where locals and visitors

2007 Oriental Events

May 5 Townwide Yard Sale. Annual bargain-fest featuring 75 or more simultaneous yard sales.

June 7 Art in the Park. Local artists display their works in Lou-Mac Park.

June 23-24 North Carolina Laser Masters Regatta, Oriental Dinghy Club.

June 30 Oriental Cup Regatta. Hosted by the Neuse River Yachting Association. A full weekend of racing and fun that’s also a scholarship fundraiser.

July 6-7 Croakerfest. Oriental’s celebration of Independence Day features a parade, music, street dancing, food vendors, arts and crafts and much more.

July 27-29 Rotary Club Tarpon Tournament. Both a fundraiser and a chance for fisherman to compete for $22,000 in prizes while reeling in mammoth fighters.

July 28, Aug 25, Sept 22 Get Loose on the Neuse Concert Series. Bring chairs and a picnic for this free concert series on the riverfront at Lou Mac Park.

Sept. 15-16 J/24 District 8 Championships.

Oct. 6 Neuse River Solo Race, Oriental Dinghy Club.

Oct. 20 Pamlico Paddle. One of North Carolina’s largest kayaking and canoeing events takes place this year on the Bay River.

Dec. 31 Running of the Dragon. Residents and visitors gather on the waterfront each New Year’s Eve to make noise and touch the dragon, thereby ensuring good luck all year.

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alike gather for coffee, muffins, ice cream and gossip. The front porch is a favorite spot to sit with a cup and a laptop, enjoying access to the shop’s complimentary wi-fi.

Provisioning is available at the health food-oriented Hungry Dragon, or the Town and Country Grocery Store. Both are located on Broad Street (Hwy 55). A bit past Town and Country is the town’s lone national chain store - a West Marine.

Back on the water, you’ll find the well-marked Whittaker Creek Channel two miles north of Oriental Harbor. This creek is home to two marinas and two first-class repair yards. Controlling depth in the entrance channel is 8 feet, but pay attention to the range markers. Whittaker Pointe Marina [(252)249-1750], a new facility offering sales and longterm rentals but no transient slips, is to the right.

Directly ahead is Whittaker Creek

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Yacht Harbor [VHF 16 or (252)670-3759]. Amenities include fuel, pumpout, showers, laundry, wi-fi and swimming pool. The marina also houses a boat brokerage, charter boats and ship’s store.

Continuing past the marina you’ll come to Deaton Yacht Services [VHF 16 or (252)249-1180], a full service boatyard with a Travelift, complete repair services and pumpout facilities. It’s also the local BoatUS towing affiliate.

Next up is Sailcraft Service [VHF 16 or (252)249-0522] offering all repair ser-vices, a Travelift, 70-foot bucket crane, and full facilities for do-it-yourselfers including showers, laundry and wireless internet.

Excellent canvas and sailmakers are also available, as well as a host of other small

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businesses cater-ing to the marine trade. Many of the local tradespeople are former cruisers themselves, who sailed into Oriental and later returned to make it their home.

If you’re in the market for a boat, it’s hard to beat the Sailing Capital of North Carolina. Seven brokerages call Oriental home, offering everything from Sunfish and small powerboats to new yachts or

seasoned world cruisers.Oriental is also a great place to

learn how to sail or hone your skills. Capt. Chris Daniels runs Oriental’s School of Sailing [(252)249-0960], founded in 1979, making it the

oldest sailing school in the Carolinas. A combination of classroom and on-water instruction prepares students for weekend to offshore sailing. Capt. Jim Edwards offers American Sailing Association instruction through his Bow to Stern Sail-ing School [(252)424-600]. And for those contemplating sailing as a profession, Capt. Larry Walker’s World Wide Marine Train-ing Inc. [(866)249-2135] gives exams for captain’s licenses up to 200 Ton Master.

Things to do in OrientalOriental is a great walking town. Stroll

along South Avenue and admire the beautiful riverfront homes. But don’t be surprised if locals slow to offer you a ride.

If you prefer wheels, un-fold your bikes and go peddling. Every Saturday the Oriental Express Bicycle Club leads rec-reational bike rides leaving from Lou Mac Park at 8:30 a.m. All are welcome.

In recent years the peaceful creeks and estuaries around Oriental have become a favorite destination for paddlers. They are perfect for paddling, fishing and bird

watching. If you bring your own kayak you can easily launch from the Wildlife Ramp, or from the tiny Oriental Town Beach on the banks of the Neuse. Paddle Pamlico, located directly across from the town dock, offers kayak sales and rentals, as well as expert local knowledge. You can also pick up free maps of the more than 300 miles of charted paddling trails in the county.

Pack a picnic lunch to Lou Mac Park, on the banks of the Neuse. It’s the perfect spot to watch the sailboat races that take place most any time of the year. The park is also one of many great places to sit around

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Cruising Through

Editor’s Note: With few Snowbirds migrating by press time, we decided to look at a boat that cruised into the area and hasn’t left yet. Read a fuller version online.

ORIENTAL, N.C. - With his first glimpse

of Windigo, a classic 44-foot wooden yawl, it was true love.

Two decades later Alan Arn-fast took ownership of his dream boat and launched an effort to restore the 65-year-old vessel to her former glory. Now midway through the four-year project, he’s on target for a re-launch on Columbus Day 2008.

Restoring a 1939 boat and upgrading it to modern standards is a Her-culean task. It helps that Arnfast owns a boatyard. He’s devoted a shed and an aver-age of 60 man-hours per week to the effort, admitting “You’d have to be either a yard owner, wealthy or doing it all yourself.”

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this fishing village home. But with two marinas built to accommodate an influx of fiberglass production sailboats in the 1970s, pleasure craft soon outnumbered the work-ing fleet. By the early 1980s when John Faulds brought Windigo to town, a few hundred sailboats floated at the docks.

The shapely hull provides a clue to this vessel’s history

But Windigo stood out from the crowd with her tra-ditional lines and tall wooden masts.

John Barkhouse built the boat in East Chester, Nova Scotia for Dr. Edward S. Mills of Montreal. He sailed her through the early 1960s before passing the boat to his daughter and her husband. Faulds bought Windigo in 1975 and entered her

in the U.S. Virgin Islands charter trade for a few years before sailing her into Ori-ental in the early 1980s. There he worked as a volunteer firefighter, bartender and mechanic at Sailcraft Services boatyard.

That’s when Arnfast, who’d also come to town to work in the burgeoning marine

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Oriental. Numerous benches and decora-tive chairs are provided for folks to rest their feet and enjoy the view.

As you might guess from the resident fishing fleet, anglers find plenty to sink their hooks into. To fill your icebox with fish, consider calling Down East Guide Service [(252)249-3101], Spec Fever [(252)249-1520], or Sweetwater Charters [(252)249-2811].

For more insight into the town’s fish-

ing roots and cultural heritage, stop by Oriental’s History Museum, 802 Broad St., Fridays 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturdays noon-4 p.m., and Sundays 1-4 p.m.

The town’s restored Old Theatre (officially the Pamlico County Civic and Cultural Center) is home to plays, visiting world-class musicians and movie nights featuring classic films and free popcorn.

The arts are also well represented with several local shops and galleries, including Circle 10 Gallery, a local artists’ co-op, 1103 Broad St. While you’re wandering around town, keep your eyes peeled under trees and in grassy patches. You might spy a few dragon eggs lurking about, thanks to a local artist.

A variety of shops offer everything from handmade jewelry, gifts and souvenirs to clothing, books, cheese and wine.

When not egg hunting, many visitors end up house hunting. If you are among the many mariners who fall under Orien-tal’s spell, don’t fret. The village has more realtors per capita than most big cities.

s/v WindigoBuilt - Barkhouse Boatyard Ltd., East Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada,1939 Length on deck - 44’ Beam - 11’Weight - 24,000 lbs Draft - 6’Tankage - 150 gal. diesel, 100 gal. waterOriginal Construction - Cedar planks on oak frames, longleaf pine deck


The new interior is being hand-built

Applying awlgrip primer this spring

with a shake of his head. “Then the boat was hauled out and left in a field for 13 years. Every one of those years I kept bugging John. Make me a partner. Sell her to me. Hire me to work on her. Anything but don’t let this boat sit.”

Faulds fought off cancer in 2000. When it recurred a few years later, he realized he wouldn’t be the one restoring Windigo. “He

called me and said come out to the house, I want to talk to you about Windigo,” Arn-

fast says. “It took me less than 10 minutes to get there.”

The transaction was made for a dollar and a promise to keep the boat true to her original form. In 2004,Windigo pulled back into the yard, which Arnfast had taken ownership of five years earlier. After watching the early phases of the project, Faulds passed away last year.

While the original cedar planks remain inside the 1990 shell, the ribs, horn timber, deck and bulkheads have all been replaced by lead carpenter Joe Clay and crew with a combination of traditional wood and modern materials. The cabin sides have one

inch of mahogany over fiberglass and plywood, and a set of new bronze ports awaits installation. New bronze bow and stern pulpits will complement a set of tapered bronze lifeline stanchions with bulbs on top to be turned on the lathe. And Arnfast is fitting the new solid

Honduras mahogany cockpit coaming himself.

“The bronze ports and mahogany cabin sides are so indicative of the period,” Arn-fast says. “We’re trying to keep the look of the boat 1939 but the efficiency modern.”

Original parts include the rudder, some running gear and deck cleats. The 1,200-pound wooden mainmast is beyond repair. It will be replaced with a 400-pound car-bon fiber mast with a faux wooden finish.

Below decks, it has been a balancing act to find room for cruising conveniences in a boat built before many of those conve-niences even existed. The challenge is to make use of every inch of the narrow 10-foot-wide cabin. “There’s no place to put a full-sized galley,” Arnfast admits. Clever adaptations such as a slideaway stove make up for the space deficiency.

Despite the new additions, Arnfast hopes for an overall weight reduction by using the lighter carbon fiber mast and replacing waterlogged wood with dry wood.

After the launch next year, Arnfast looks forward to becoming reacquainted with Windigo on the water and hopes to put the boat into service providing daysail charters on the Neuse River. He also plans extended cruises north to visit Windigo’s birthplace and south to his favorite cruising grounds in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

But that’s more than a year away. Today, a traditional wooden wheel that Ralph Kudart, the former owner of Sailcraft Ser-vice, gave to Faulds sits in Arnfast’s living room as a reminder to “get up off the couch and go work on the boat.”

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Windigo in her former glory with a younger Arnfast aboard

trades, first encountered his destiny. He had restored other wooden boats, begin-ning with a Lyman 15 lapstrake boat in 1970, but nothing like this classic yawl.

“I first saw Windigo in 1984 and fell in love immediately,” Arnfast recalls. “I got to sail on her a few times. The neat thing when racing was that people would lose their concentration when you were next to them so you could blow by. They were too busy looking. This was just such a pretty boat to be on. She was designed to sail as opposed to live aboard. With 15 knots of wind, the rail is in the water.”

Faulds brought Windigo into the Sailcraft yard in 1990 and had the hull cold-molded, replaced the mahogany cap rails and had the wooden mast restored with a dozen coats of varnish. “I was part of the crew that cold molded her, then I faired the hull and painted it with awlgrip,” Arnfast said.

But just a year and a half after that re-launch, a crucial fitting failed. “I was on the boat when the mast broke,” Arnfast says

Whortonsville Summer Solstice

Upcoming Events You Won’t Want to Miss

Current

APRIL 2007

26-29 S.C. In-Water Boat Show (Ripley Light Yacht Club, Charleston) (843)345-0369. 27-29 Northeastern N.C. Boat Show (Hertford, N.C.) All types of boats, nautical items, fishing and exhibitions. (252)426-3644.29 20th Annual Blessing of the Fleet (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) Free seafood festival celebrates the historic local shrimping industry. (843)849-2061 www.townofmountpleasant.com

MAY 2007

May-Oct. Guided Canoe Tours on Pea Island and Alligator River National Wildlife Refuges (252)987-23944 www.fws.gov/alligatorriver 3-10 SBC Classic Boat Rally ICW sailing adventure from Savannah, Ga. to Charleston, S.C. for boats of classic design up to 24 feet. www.classicboatrally.com Woody Norwood (404)352-9536, [email protected]. 4,5 Spring Fling Sailboat gathering on Lake Gaston www.geocities.com/kenny278705 30th Annual Wooden Boat Show (Beaufort N.C.) Exhibition, demonstrations, races and activities on waterfront and in museum*5 Build a Boat in a Day, also June 30, July 28*5 Lofting Class Convert boat plans to full size**5,6 Ensign Invitational Regatta, FHYC◊◊5,6 Sink-O-de-Mayo (Catamarans), LLSC◊◊◊5,6 Keowee Cup (Open), KSC◊◊◊5,6 Great 48 (Flying Scot), LNYC◊◊◊5,6 Marifest Regatta (One Design), SSC◊◊◊6 Paddle for the Border (Dismal Swamp Canal between Chesapeake, Va. and South Mills, N.C.) Canoes or kayak. $30 fee includes T-shirt, hat, lunch and shuttle. www.dismalswamp.com8 Learn to Kayak*9-11 Working Waterways and Waterfronts National Symposium on Water Access. See p.511-14 US Sailing Level I Course, CYC-NC◊◊◊12 Spring Harbor Race◊12 Adult Learn to Sail* 12 Jean Ribaut (PHRF), BYSC◊◊◊12 McIntosh Cup (PHRF), SYC◊◊◊

Organizers: Submit Calendar listings of interest to Carolina sailors online at

www.CarolinaCurrents.com/calendar.php

9,10 Hobcaw Regatta (Open), HYC◊◊◊9,10 US Sailing Men’s/Women’s Champ Quarters, LLSC◊◊◊9,10 US Sailing Triple, Double, Single-handed Junior Champ Quarters (Flying Scot, Club 420, Laser), LNYC◊◊◊9,10 Clark Cup, BSC◊◊9-17 Boatbuilding (one week)*11 Summer Youth Learn to Sail program starts. Mon. thru Fri., a.m. and p.m. sessions available to youth 8 and older. Basic and intermediate instruction on Optis and 420s**14-17 C Scow Nationals, ASC◊◊◊16 Music and Water Festival (Edenton N.C.) Canoe and kayak races, demonstrations, paddles along creeks and entertainment www.visitedenton.com16,17 James Island Regatta (Open), JIYC◊◊◊16,17 Governor’s Cup, Kerr Lake, N.C. See p. 22◊◊◊16,17 Reggae Regatta (Open), LLSC◊◊◊19 Open Sail begins for the summer. Tuesday afternoons, weather permitting. Open to sailors who have completed museum learn to sail programs**21 Build a Boat in a Day**23 Indian Island to Ocracoke, PSC ◊◊23 Summer Solstice, WYTC◊◊ See p.2223,24 N.C. Laser Masters, ODC◊◊23,24 Lowcountry Regatta (Open), BYSC◊◊◊23,24 E Scow Nationals, CYC-SC◊◊◊28 Rigging Class Learn basic rigging techniques, including whipping and splicing three strand line**29 Ocean Race◊30 Oriental Cup◊◊ See p. 2230-July 1 Independence Day Open, LNYC◊◊◊

See our website for complete listings including regattas and other events around the Carolinas

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.

12,13 6th Annual Hospice Regatta, LNYC◊◊◊12,13,19,20 Harbor 20 Spring Regatta, SCYC◊◊◊16-19 San Juan 21 Eastern Nationals, WSC◊◊ 17-20 Tall Ships Charleston 2007 (Maritime Center) www.charlestonmaritimefestival.com18 Charleston to Bermuda Race Start (Charleston, S.C.) www.charlestontobermuda.com See p.11◊18-20 2007 Laser Masters (Wrightsville Beach, N.C.) www.carolinayachtclub.org/lasermasters18-20 Leukemia Cup Regatta (Southport, N.C.) www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/regatta Rob Wartchow (910)523-2212 or Linda Pukenas (910)228-2590, [email protected]. See p.2119,20 Boatbuilding Carpentry, also July 21-22, Aug 25-26*19,20 Castilberry Robertson (Open) ASC◊◊◊19,20 D-4 Championship (Snipe), LLSC◊◊◊24 Wilmington Group Offshore Race, WBORA◊◊25-28 US Sailing Level I Course, LNYC◊◊◊26-27 N.C. Offshore Championship (Beaufort)◊◊ See p. 22

JUNE 2007

June-Aug. Junior Sailing Program Teaches seamanship, navigation, safety and sailing techniques to ages 8 and older on Optis or Vanguards* See p. 72,3 Neuse River Days (New Bern, N.C.) Kayak and canoe races, raft race, Sunfish regatta, cardboard canoe race and rubber duck race. (252)637-7972, [email protected], www.neuseriverkeepers.org 2,3 Mayor’s Cup Regatta, LTYC◊◊◊2,3 SAYRA Single-handed Quarterfinals (Lasers), SSC◊◊◊2,3 Bare What You Dare (Catamarans), KSC◊◊◊2-10 National Fishing and Boating Week www.rbff.org5,12,19,26 Shallowbag Bay Sail evening, weather permitting**

Club Abbreviations:ASC Augusta Sailing Club BSC Blackbeard Sailing Club (New Bern)BYSC Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club CYC-NC Carolina Yacht Club

CYC-SC Carolina Yacht Club FHYC Fairfield Harbor Yacht ClubHYC Hobcaw Yacht Club JIYC James Island Yacht Club

KSC Keowee Sailing Club LLSC Lake Lanier Sailing Club LNYC Lake Norman Yacht Club LTYC Lake Townsend Yacht Club

ODC Oriental Dinghy Club PSC Pamlico Sailing Club SCYC South Carolina Yacht Club SSC Savannah Sailing Center

N.C. Maritime Museum, Beaufort. (252)728-7317 www.ncmaritime.orgN.C. Maritime Museum, Roanoke Island. (252)475-1750 www.obxmaritime.orgCharleston Ocean Racing Assoc. (CORA)www.charlestonoceanracing.orgNeuse Yacht Racing Assoc., www.nyra.orgSouth Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. (SAYRA)www.sayra-sailing.com

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SYC Savannah Yacht Club WBORA Wrightsville Bch. Offshore Racing Assoc.WSC Waccamaw Sailing ClubWYTC Whortonsville Yacht & Tractor Club


Regatta Roundup

Regatta Results Online

Several major racing events were to take place after this issue went to press,

including Charleston Race Week, the Bald Head Island Regatta and N.C. State Laser Championship. As always, look for full results, photos and race reports from these and other upcoming regattas in our online edition at www.CarolinaCurrents.com.

Leukemia Cup Raises More Than Sails By Kimberly Bandera

SOUTHPORT, N.C. - The Leukemia Cup Regatta is a national sailing and boat-ing event which doesn’t necessarily require a boat.

Forty years ago, a child diagnosed with leukemia had a 5 percent chance of seeing adulthood. The survival rate has reached 85 percent thanks to new treatments. But 106,700 Americans will still be diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma this year.

Since 2004, the Cape Fear Yacht Club in Southport has teamed up with the Eastern North Carolina Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to host the regatta. This year’s May 18-20 event also includes a poker run for power-boats, kayaks and non-racing sailboats, and a blow-boat competition for chil-dren. A dinner, silent and live auctions, and music by the rock band Spot round out this festival.

Nineteen boats from both Caroli-nas participated in last year’s Regatta with competition as fierce as the weather. The non-spinnaker fleet saw a

battle for first with Mr. Dog nudging out The Edge. Third fell to Fat Bottom Girl. In the spinnaker class, first, second and third went to Charmer, Vamonos and Ultimutt.

His Elite 30, Fat Bottom Girl, may have come in third, but Dwayne Furmidge took home the Leukemia Cup by raising the most money - $9,600 - for the LLS.

As an added incentive, whoever raises $8,500 or more before Sept. 1 is invited to participate in a Fantasy Sail in San Diego, Nov. 30-Dec. 2 hosted by America’s Cup winner Gary Jobson, a lymphoma survivor himself. According to Dwayne who went last year, the Fantasy Sail is a sailing expe-rience like no other.

In 2006, 17,600 sailors, boaters, and supporters participated raising $3.3 mil-lion to help fight these cancers. Since the regatta began in 1993, more than $20 mil-lion has been raised.

For More Information visit the Leu-kemia and Lymphoma Society at www.leukemia-lymphoma.org or the Cape Fear Yacht Club at www.cfycnc.com.

Other regional Leukemia Cup Regattas• Savannah, Ga. Sept. 14-22• Charleston, S.C. Sept. 21-22

N.C. Offshore ChampionshipBEAUFORT, N.C. - Registration is

underway for the annual North Carolina Offshore Championship Regatta, a Memorial Day Weekend tradition on the Crystal Coast. Formerly known as the N.C. Yacht Racing Association Regatta, this is the 25th year of the race.

The May 25-27 regatta, hosted by the Neuse Yacht Racing Association, is open to PHRF and one-design boats.

Lloyd Griffin from Elizabeth City and the team aboard his Hadley 40 Cash Flow will defend the Spinnaker A Class title for the second year, having topped the seven-boat fleet with three bullets and two second place finishes last year. Griffin is coming off a strong finish 2nd place finish in his class at Key West Race Week.

All shore-based activities will be hosted at the Duncan House on Front Street in historic Beaufort. Visit www.ncocregatta.org for details and registra-tion information.

May 18-20Southport, N.C.

The Leukemia Cup Regatta is an annual event attracting sailors from all over the East Coast. The event is being hosted by

The Cape Fear Yacht Club on May 18-20

Enjoy a first class experience in a beautiful sailing environment. Proceeds benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of

Eastern North Carolina.

Call 910.228.2590 or 910.523.2212 or e-mail [email protected] Join the excitement and this worthwhile cause this May!

www.cfycnc.com

Rough waters offshore forced racers to the Cape Fear river for last year’s Leukemia Cup


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Regatta Roundup/Contd.

Governor’s Cup Golden Anniversary By Valerie Nieman

KERR LAKE, N.C. - Carolina Sailing Club may not hold title to so much as a square foot of Piedmont red clay, but it holds bragging rights to one of the premier inland regattas in the Southeast - the half-century-old Governor’s Cup.

The Governor’s Cup Regatta is held each June at Lake Kerr, a 50,000-acre U.S. Army Corps of Engineers impoundment north of Raleigh-Durham. More than 100 boats are expected for the June 16-17 golden anniversary event.

“It brings together a lot of sailors around the state and region who don’t nor-mally sail together,” says Kevin Sheehan, commodore of the Carolina Sailing Club.

Each one-design fleet competes for the Governor’s Cup, which goes to the boat that bests the most others in its fleet. Last year’s Cup winner was Jackson Harris, sailing an Isotope - the class that has taken overall honors the past three years.

The PHRF boats had a road course and the Optimists competed on a cove course last year. Tanzer 16s hold their nationals as part of the Governor’s Cup.

CSC member Lawrence Miller, who started racing Tanzer 16s in 1981, recalls scoring past races with more than 160 boats competing on five courses. “We had one course for keelboats, two for monohull dinghies, one for multihulls, and one for windsurfers,” he says.

Club membership has waxed and waned, but the sailors’ love of their sport hasn’t. “It’s a great club. Anyone can join, there is no initiation, no qualification process,” says Sheehan. “We are a group of sailors who share a common love of

sailboat racing.” Despite 50 “homeless” years, CSC

can count on tremendous participation by members, with two racing weekends a month all year round and active train-ing programs starting with the juniors in Optimists. “We have all this participation yet we don’t have a place to keep our boats, or a clubhouse - what you see with us is a tremendous love of being out on the water,” Sheehan says.

The club organized in 1956 in Greens-boro, N.C., to plan races at Lake Kerr. It established the Governor’s Cup the next

year. CSC joined the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Associa-tion in 1975. Each year some-one shows up in a one-design that sailed in one of the first regattas.

Boats launch from Hender-son Point, on Route 39 north of I-85 near Henderson, N.C., and the socials and awards presentations are held in the “Glass House” there. For more information, contact Regatta Chairman Arch Altman at (919)306-1567 or visit www.

carolinasailingclub.org.

Yacht and Tractor Club SailebrationWHORTONSVILLE, N.C. - The

18th annual Whortonsville Summer Solstice Sailebration will be held June 23, hosted by the Whortonsville Yacht and Tractor Club. Entry forms and information are available online at www.ensignharbor.com. Or call Nick Santoro at Ensign Har-bor (252)249-0823.

Oriental Cup Regatta Comes EarlyORIENTAL, N.C. - The 2007 Orien-

tal Cup Regatta is set for June 30 - ear-lier than previous years in order to avoid the height of hurricane season. It is the premier regatta of the year for Oriental, the sailing capital of North Carolina. Activities include music on Friday night, the race and dinner and dancing on Saturday, and the awards brunch on Sunday.

First held in 1989, the Oriental Cup Regatta is both a sailing event and a fund-raiser for the Bill Harris Memorial Schol-arship Fund. Contact Marsha Paplham at (252)249-0334 for details.

BEAUFORT, N.C. - The North Carolina Clean Marina Program,

begun in the summer of 2000, is being revived with the creation of a new Clean Marina Coordinator post. In February, Jennifer Webber began the new job.

Since her position is funded by a one-year clean water grant to the N.C. Coastal Management Division, Webber will ini-tially work only with coastal marinas, but she hopes for funds to expand inland.

The program gives boaters a way to identify marinas that care about

the environment. “Marinas should want to be good

stewards of the waters on which their live-lihood depends,” says Webber, who is based at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort.

To earn voluntary certification, marinas must score at least 80 percent in five key areas: oil and hazardous waste handling; sewage handling; boat maintenance; solid waste; and safety and emergency planning.

Nine marinas earned certification after the initial program launch, but little has been done since then. Webber says she is looking to successful programs in Maryland and Florida as models for the re-vamped North Carolina program.

Among her goals are to raise awareness of the program, re-visit already certified marinas and work through a waiting list of new marinas seeking certification. Contact Webber by phone at (252)728-2170 or at nccoastalmanagement.net/marinas/clean.

Currently certified N.C. Clean Mari-nas are: Deaton Yacht Service in Orien-tal; Wilmington Marine Center; Coral Bay Marina in Morehead City; Casper’s Marina in Swansboro; Town Creek Marina in Beaufort; Matthews Point Marina in Havelock; Sheraton New Bern Hotel and Marina; Cypress Cove in Columbia; and Cypress Landing Marina, Chocowinity.

(Editor’s Note: We’ll look at changes with the South Carolina program next issue.)

Action from the 2006 Governor’s Cup

By Geoff BowlinMarinas

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to the Past

JOHN’S ISLAND, S.C. - Sailboats have always been a part of John’s Island

history, and families there have participated in the Rockville Regatta since it began in the late 1800s.

John’s Island, the largest of the sea islands, is in close proximity to others, namely James, Wadmalaw and Edisto. Over time, each sea island formed a yacht club and entered a boat in the Rockville Regatta.

The John’s Island Yacht Club’s first racing boat was Manly Sullivan’s Swallow named Springboard. When he built a new boat, he gave Springboard to Ben and Genie (Eugene H., Sr.) Wal-

By Will Haynie

and the name stuck. The name of the John’s Island boat, Marcheta, was decided by a contest won by Eugene Walpole Jr., Connie’s father. These boats are still racing today.

A second generation of sailors con-tinued sailing Sea Island One Designs throughout the 1960s and 70s. In the photo at center, Dog House recovered from an apparent capsize and won the race.

The Sea Island One Design Class has been revived with the addition of four new boats in recent decades. Rockville residents Van and Ann Ellis Smith have sponsored the building of new boats in order to continue this proud Sea Island sailing tradition. Ann’s father constructed the original Cygnet.

At the end of the local regatta season, the Sea Island One Design with the best cumulative per-formance wins the Ellis

Trophy at the conclusion of the Rockville Regatta.

pole, Connie’s grandfather. They renamed it Evelyn in honor of Miss Evelyn LaRoche Hart of Belvidere, whose relatives still race at Rockville. Her father, Joseph Seabrook Hart, was commodore of the John’s Island Yacht Club at that time.

Beginning in 1911, Enterprise Bank sponsored the winner’s trophy for the Rockville Regatta. The Sea Island Yacht Club at Rockville displays a poster list-

ing the names of the boats that won the Enterprise Cup. Connie’s book has a photo of her great-uncle Ben Walpole proudly displaying the Cup, which he and his crew-mates won three years in a row. His son, Ben Walpole Jr., still has the cup.

After World War II, a new class of boats, the Sea Island One Designs, were built to standardize the racing among the various clubs. The Sea Island One Designs were the result of Oliver Seabrook sending three sketches to a naval architect in the northeast who drew the final design. The first boats were named Cygnet ( James Island), Undine (Wadmalaw), Dog House and Marcheta ( John’s Island). Dog House got its name from Sam Seabrook, who was afraid he was going to be “in the dog house” when his wife Mary Ellen found out he was having it built. He was right,

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Pictured aboard Evelyn in 1924 are crew George Andell, unknowns, Ben Walpole and Gene Walpole

Eugene Walpole Jr. is racing the Marcheta in this 1948 photograph with his brother Philip Walpole and James Simons

Margaret Seabrook Wofford, Danny Wofford and Neil Edgerton preparing for an apparent capsize on the Dog House in 1979

Editor’s Note: Connie Walpole Haynie grew up on a farm on John’s Island, S.C., just south of Charleston. In her recently released pictorial history book, John’s Island (Arcadia Publishing, 2007, ISBN 0738543462), she captures two distinctive aspects of her native sea island: its agricultural history and its link to the tidal rivers that surround it. This piece, based on her book (e-mail [email protected] to order), is by her husband of 24 years. (Fittingly, their second date was on a sailboat.)

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BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada - Instead of swimming in the Bahamas,

we’re skiing in British Columbia. The change in course for our cruise was to appease my 85-pound Airedale Jeremiah. We’d come up with great ideas for sailing with a dog, but were clueless at other times.

Before departing Oriental, N.C., I tried to entice Jeremiah to use the deck as his head, anticipating long days at sea. I bought a non-skid doormat and poked a hole in the corner to attach a line so I could heave it overboard for washing.

I then stalked Jermiah’s dog pals and threw the mat down just as they lifted their legs. I put the “scented” mat towards the bow of the boat and waited for it to work its magic. Jeremiah was unimpressed.

A friend who heard about my activities procured a vial of Pee Wee. According to the label, just a couple of drops were needed for success-ful house training. I threw it in my duffel bag, not realizing that the top wasn’t on tight. Multiple washings and bleach treatments were no match for Pee Wee saturated clothes.

The first leg of our journey ended in Beaufort, N.C., after a half-day of motoring down the ditch. We got an early start the next morning for an offshore sail to Wrightsville Beach and rousted Jeremiah out of bed. He took one look around, saw that land wasn’t an option, ignored the scented mat, and took his morning constitutional in the scuppers.

We set sail at 6 a.m. and didn’t end up anchoring until 10:30 p.m. Who would’ve thought that the windshift and storm would have come through so much earlier than forecast? I was sick most of the day with waves crashing overboard, but I made a gallant effort to let Jeremiah on deck to relieve himself with a heavy-duty harness and leash system attached to the lifelines.

By nightfall, it became too violent in the cockpit, so I brought him below, put up a lee cloth and joined him in the berth. We periodically crashed about so that he could do his business on the cabin sole and

I could find a repository for the conse-quences of my seasickness. It took Jeremiah a few nights out at anchor afterwards to once again understand that the deck was the place to go.

One success was my Custom Fiberglass Dog Ramp System (CFDRS). At 13 years plus (mid-90s in human years), Jeremiah has arthritis and needs help getting on and off the boat, from the cockpit to the cabin and vice versa. I built the 5-foot ramp out of quarter-inch ply and fiberglassed both sides to keep it lightweight yet strong. Cedar strips on the edges kept his paws from flailing off. I finished it with a coat of

epoxy yacht paint, carpet on top and neo-prene from an old wetsuit on the bottom to prevent brightwork scratches. One end fit snugly into the companionway while the other wedged itself against the molding by the sink, making it quite secure as Jeremiah walked down. He then jumped to the berth below and got assistance to the cabin sole.

Despite the CFDRS’s functionality, it would have been easier if Jeremiah were either smaller or younger and more agile. The ramp lost its novelty as it was a lot more labor intensive than simply opening a front door. When my sailing partner Greg’s house sale fell through in British Colum-bia, we decided to live on land for a while.

A friend of mine who works for the airlines confirmed that flying is traumatic for a dog, so we rented a car.

On departure day Jeremiah fell off the dock during his morning constitutional. I yelled (and shrieked) for Greg. When I saw him on his way, I jumped in after Jeremiah.Greg pulled by the collar as I pushed from below. Greg then had to pull me out too. It was a chilly swim with air temperatures in the 30s. I headed to the hot showers and laundry, the swim affirming in my mind that we’d made the right decision.

Perhaps one day of flying for a dog might have been less traumatic than the wear on two humans driving 4,000 miles, being caught in an ice storm with semis flipped over, being rear-ended in line at the

border crossing, and dealing with a rental agency that took cash for the car and - as a bonus - put the same charge on the credit card.

But we’ve reacclimated to life on land. Jeremiah is looking for-ward to the ice melting so he can do a little dinghy sailing. We’re planning at some point to reunite with the boat we left in Charles-ton to carry on to the Bahamas.

Although this wasn’t the right time in Jeremiah’s life to embark on a long sail, I enjoyed having him with us. Unlike his human counterparts, he was never fazed by the close quarters and was

always in a good mood. I also found when in ports without him I wouldn’t meet half as many people. Folks are just less inclined to strike up a conversation with me, pat me on the head, and tell me how cute I am.

Editor’s Note: Ann DeMuth and Jeremiah of Ori-ental, N.C., and Greg Melnechuk of British Columbia set sail in December onboard Rainbeau, a Cabo Rico 34 Cutter. The boat is now docked in Charleston, S.C. awaiting their continued adventures.

We invite Carolina sailors who sail outside of our home waters to share their adventures with us via

e-mail to [email protected].

By Ann DeMuthF or J eremiahP ause


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The 450-plus cards cover the Colregs, nav aids and lights, gear, rules of the road and sailing commands. They even cover basic knots, weather tips and man over-board procedures. Even old salts can learn (or re-learn) a few things flipping through the stack. Unlike the pages in a book, you can easily set aside the cards you know and focus on the ones you still need to learn. Cost $25. doylemarine.com.

Capt. Ed Mapes’ book provides a wealth of resourc-es for the pro-spective offshore passagemaker. Described as “a culmination of everything a deliv-ery captain and a crew will need to know in order to make their voyage as safe and comfortable as possible,” it might also be called a compendium of what can go wrong with a boat and its crew.

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The author with two freshly caught snapper


Casting About

Many who say they don’t like seafood associate fish with store-bought

catfish that Momma - thinking it looked like pork - fried to the texture of old shoe leather. Fish is delicate and should be moist and flaky when fried, baked or broiled.

Let’s assume you like fish, but have never attempted to catch one. Why? Most anchorages provide possibilities for gather-ing supper. Regardless of where you sail, there will be fish under your keel and most are edible.

That said, there are some that are not so tasty, and there are “good” fish, like trout, flounder, puppy drum and the occasional blue fish when dipping your lines in North or South Carolina inland waters. What is needed?

You will mostly fish from your dinghy, so the rod needs to be short. A six-foot medium action spinning rod in the $15-$20 range found at any large outlet store is just the ticket. It should be a breakdown rod, meaning it comes apart for easier stowage when not in use. Cheap is the key, but don’t get a child’s plaything. Rod tips break easily, and the risk of damage is high since you will be stowing it aboard a boat.

When it comes to the reel, spend more. A low-priced, hunk-of-junk reel will cause so much grief you will give up the whole idea. Grit your teeth and pay $40-$60 for

a saltwater reel. Freshwater spinning reels cost less, but won’t hold up. Even a good saltwater reel should be rinsed with fresh water when possible.

Load the reel with 10- to 12-pound test quality line, and you are almost ready to go after the wily finned critters.

Unlike what the TV professionals would have you believe, you don’t need a 20-pound tackle box to catch fish. A hand-ful of jigs in the eighth- to quarter-ounce

range is sufficient. Buy a small bag of jig heads and plastic tails to match their size.

Tails come in just about every color imaginable and shapes from shrimp to worms. Just go for basic tails in white and yellow. These colors will catch fish as well as anything else you can tie to the end of your line.

Next find a spoon or two. Not the kind found in the galley, but rather shiny bright bits of metal with hooks at the aft end. My personal favorite for puppy drum and flounder is the Little Cleo, which can be found in most any store selling fishing gear. It is easy to cast and, when worked slowly over the bottom, entices even stubborn fish to strike.

Another nice item to have is a cheap, reasonably sized landing net that you can store in your lazarette.

The last thing required is something to put your catch in once landed. I suggest a RubberMaid box with a lid that fits in the stern or under the seat of your dinghy. This can be used to hold fish, clams, crabs or any other sharp beastie. It can also serve, when not used for a catch box, as a place to stow tools, snorkeling gear, flares or anything else you might want to haul around in your dink.

“Regardless of where you sail, there will be fish under your keel and most

are edible.”

If you really get into feeding yourself afloat, you will probably want to add a couple tube type rod holders to your tran-som. They make rod storage easier while going to and from the fishing grounds.

The rest you probably already have: things like a good hat to shade your eyes and a pair of polarized sunglasses to help see what’s on the end of your line.

If you know a fisherman - and who doesn’t? - ask him to give you a couple pointers on casting and tying knots, and you’re ready to become Stingray Steve.

I leave you with one final point. Fish have fins and fins are needle sharp. Needle sharp and inflatable dinghies don’t go well together. When landing that trout, don’t allow your would-be meal to flop around in the bottom or you’ll soon be patching a leaking boat.

All fish have fins, but some also sport very sharp, pointy teeth. Blue fish have choppers like a piranha, so handle with care. Trout have some teeth up front that my grandmother could have used on her sewing machine.

Carefully put your catch directly into your fish box, and you will have a wonder-ful afternoon catching dinner.

Bon appetit!

By Dave C. CorbettPhoto by Mike McCulley

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Wakes can be an issue in close quarters


Emily Coast

Ahoy Emily,I was motor sailing peacefully northward on the ICW

when a fishing boat raced past us, shaking my rigging, flogging my sails, sloshing my morning coffee and stirring my ire.

What is the correct response to this behavior?Signed,Steamed in the Ditch

C herished Reader,The proper first response is a long, deep

breath. Then mop the coffee up off of your charts and re-trim your sails.

Then, since the offending vessel is prob-ably a nautical mile down the ditch by now, you may reflect upon the situation and shout appropriate nautical slang into their diminishing prop wash, perhaps garnished with a shake of your fist.

During our travels we’ve found that the

Submit Letters to Emily by e-mail to [email protected]. Ship-shape Advice from

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PassingAdviceforShakenandStirredUpvast majority of boaters (especially north of Florida) will courteously slow down to minimize their wakes when given the opportunity. One way to increase the odds of an overtaking skipper decreasing his wake is to reduce your speed.

If you’re making 6 knots, then the over-taking vessel must travel faster than that to pass you. Some boats create a significant wake at 7 or 8 knots. If you move to the side of the channel and slow down to 2 knots, they can then cut their speed in half and still pass you, thus reducing their wake.

Ease back on your throttle and see if this works.

But beware: You don’t always want them to go slow. Some powerboats create more wake moving slowly than they do when up on plane.

Unfortunately, some wake is inevi-table in restricted waterways such as the Intracoastal Waterway. Your best defense is to secure your gear and get a cup with a lid for that morning java.

~Emily

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