Just a note about a great app;
I just found the Android app "Boat Beacon"
It is a map that shows all commercial vessels (and any vessels with an AIS signal) in real time. It's like RADAR for $9.99! Scroll around, zoom....shows your location and a superimposed compass...awesome.
Great reviews...I just downloaded and it's SIMPLE! See any problems in the fog? PRICELESS!
I'm looking for a good chart plotting app....
Monday, February 18, 2013
Feb 18
Docking is an intimidating experience for many sailors. In Oriental NC, one of the stops most cruisers make on the ICW south, there is a coffee shop (the Bean) across from the public dock. Old timers sit on the porch and grade the visitors docking skills, lol...
My opinion is you cannot go too slow...if you stop, grab a piling and pull her along...but to make this less stressful and more enjoyable you should know my plan is to see you off and help you in at the marina. We'll fuel after trips (I should mention you'll take a boat out with a full tank and be responsible for filling her upon return-probably less than $10). The fuel dock is just inside the marina so come in, tie up and fuel, and I should be there to help you get in the slip. I'll be aboard my boat at the same marina...it's where I live....so that should help with the fear of docking...and if you are hanging around overnight we'll have a beer and discuss...
Another thought; when you come down, drop a crab pot and steam crab when you return! At Solomon's Island I walked the pier at sunrise with a bucket and net and grabbed 20 crab in 20 minutes...off to pilings! And drag a fishing line...catch a rock for dinner...just NO GUTS IN SAILBOATS!....lol....
And I'm pretty sure there is a gas grill at the marina for post sailing parties...(also should be one on the boat...but they are smallish...for shore parties a full size is better)...And the marina is walking distance from downtown Cambridge and lots of good spots...
So. The spring countdown has begun! GET ONBOARD!
Docking is an intimidating experience for many sailors. In Oriental NC, one of the stops most cruisers make on the ICW south, there is a coffee shop (the Bean) across from the public dock. Old timers sit on the porch and grade the visitors docking skills, lol...
My opinion is you cannot go too slow...if you stop, grab a piling and pull her along...but to make this less stressful and more enjoyable you should know my plan is to see you off and help you in at the marina. We'll fuel after trips (I should mention you'll take a boat out with a full tank and be responsible for filling her upon return-probably less than $10). The fuel dock is just inside the marina so come in, tie up and fuel, and I should be there to help you get in the slip. I'll be aboard my boat at the same marina...it's where I live....so that should help with the fear of docking...and if you are hanging around overnight we'll have a beer and discuss...
Another thought; when you come down, drop a crab pot and steam crab when you return! At Solomon's Island I walked the pier at sunrise with a bucket and net and grabbed 20 crab in 20 minutes...off to pilings! And drag a fishing line...catch a rock for dinner...just NO GUTS IN SAILBOATS!....lol....
And I'm pretty sure there is a gas grill at the marina for post sailing parties...(also should be one on the boat...but they are smallish...for shore parties a full size is better)...And the marina is walking distance from downtown Cambridge and lots of good spots...
So. The spring countdown has begun! GET ONBOARD!
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