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OLarryR
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Initially Posted - 10/25/2009 : 16:34:39

Those that live/sail in or near Pamlico Sound, North Carolina may want to read an article about that area featured in the new Sail Magazine issue that just came out. I think Tom Potter is from that area.

Larry
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 10/25/2009 : 18:20:38

Larry don't leave me hanging, give me some hints. I dont get Sail.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 10/25/2009 : 20:32:23

Tom,

The article is on pg 41 of the Nov '09 Sail magazine. It's 3 pages long with half of that taken up by photos and a map of the Pamlico Sound area (from Beaufort Inlet in the South to Oregon Inlet North of Hattaras. The article is titled "Great Coastal Cruises - Pamlico Sound". It provides info on cruising the area and the author describes his past experience onboard his 1981 Pearson 36 Cutter.

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Response Posted - 10/29/2009 : 18:34:50

Thanks Larry

My property is on Broad Creek, mentioned in the article.

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redviking
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Response Posted - 10/30/2009 : 06:24:40

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by OLarryR
 Tom,

The article is on pg 41 of the Nov '09 Sail magazine. It's 3 pages long with half of that taken up by photos and a map of the Pamlico Sound area (from Beaufort Inlet in the South to Oregon Inlet North of Hattaras. The article is titled "Great Coastal Cruises - Pamlico Sound". It provides info on cruising the area and the author describes his past experience onboard his 1981 Pearson 36 Cutter.
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I am amused by the author - who write regularly about a whole host of topics - as the article states that he and his wife cruised for only 15 months before they swallowed the hook, sold the boat and bought a house. They never ventured further south of North Carolina. I love my wife!

We're 2 and a half years in with no real plans to quit cruising.

sten

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Response Posted - 10/30/2009 : 09:31:50

Well 15 months on a 30-something-footer would be about 12 months too many for me. Cruising is one thing--living aboard with no place for "stuff" and no real community is another.

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Response Posted - 10/30/2009 : 11:10:49

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Dave Bristle
 Well 15 months on a 30-something-footer would be about 12 months too many for me. Cruising is one thing--living aboard with no place for "stuff" and no real community is another.
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Interestingly enough, our greatest "revelation" was that we were paying a lot of money every year to house, heat and cool our "stuff." And let me tell you, the process of moving from a three bedroom house to a 40 foot boat involves the elimination of a ton of stuff. But we really don't miss much of it - we can visit the good stuff we saved and we are constantly trying to get rid of the stuff we accumulate.

As far as "community" - hmmmm, Dave you'll have to come visit. In the last year and a half, we have rarely been in an anchorage where we didn't know someone, or where someone didn't row over with either advice or a coldie in hand. Coldie preferred... My biggest complaint about the vacuum that is our marina - yes, people get sucked in and never leave - is that it will often take me more than a half hour to get out of here, or add a half hour to the garbage run, the shower run, or the laundry run. We just roasted a whole pig a few weekends back with 80 cruisers in attendance, and regular cookouts are the norm. We know people in every port - up and down - and their hospitality is very much appreciated. I've met a few of you that way - even took a well needed LONG shower at Tom Potters house. There is more "community" out here than a thousand Starbucks could ever provide.

Many of our friends are in various parts of he world and we still keep track of each other, hoping for the opportunity to meet up again. I've got more boat cards than business cards these days for sure.

sten

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Response Posted - 10/30/2009 : 15:57:02

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redviking
 ...In the last year and a half, we have rarely been in an anchorage where we didn't know someone, or where someone didn't row over with either advice or a coldie in hand... ...There is more "community" out here than a thousand Starbucks could ever provide.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">To each his own. Neither a coldie, nor a conversation on the way to a shower, nor a Starbucks makes a "real community" for my purposes... Kids, schools, dogs, family, old folks, hurting folks, volunteer organizations, hospitals, hospices, shelters, politics, parks, and yes, marinas... Some of these things are at the marinas that cruisers pass through, but passing through is different. Some people want to get away from these things--some want to engage them.

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Response Posted - 10/30/2009 : 17:59:10

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redviking
[br even took a well needed LONG shower at Tom Potters house. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Sten that shower is there anytime your in the area. We're now six miles up the Pamlico River from where the ICW crosses. There's also room on the dock with power and water for you, stop in anytime.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/30/2009 : 20:10:15

I've met several cruisers and IMHO, they were all bitten by the wanderlust. What I mean by this is that if they're in one place for even a short time, something inside tells them that it is time to move on. They just cannot remain in one place for too long a time.

My former across-the-slip neighbors have a 38 foot triple master with all the accoutrements - heater, generator, water maker, satellite dish and a full fridge.

George is a chemical engineer who retired from his long time job. At last, he and his wife started cruising full time. After a year or two, the factory burned down, so his old boss called him back to set up the plant in a new building. He made him an offer he could not refuse.

They lived aboard all spring, summer and fall. During the winter, they rented out a seaside house. Once the system was up and running, they headed out to Maine for the summer, then took off down the east coast thru Cape May, the D&C canal and all the way down the Chesapeake. Eventually to South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Then on to the Bahamas.

His wife Leo sent my dockmates and I emails and photos of their progress, joys and travails at every turn. I checked the charts all along the way, and became a virtual cruiser myself.

I was struck in each of the notes about who they knew, who they bumped into, and that there's a whole network of cruisers out there. There are also people on HF radio who regularly transmit and respond and provide data transmissions for emails and downloads.

It's a whole other world. It appeals to a certain few, and is foreign, desperate and desolate to most other people. It's that urge to move on that drives the community.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 10/31/2009 : 06:42:09

Getting back to Sail Magazine, I haven't seen the article but just ordered the mag. They made me an offer I couldn't refuse, 2 years for $16. Looking forward to it!

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 11/03/2009 : 17:11:13

I just read the article, and the last line says something to the effect that, "the author and his wife have sold their boat and now live on dry land in South Carolina!"

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