Up before 0700, walked Sailor, rinsed Seascape, and gave Sailor a bath and we were underway by 0750. Dora cooked some of the sausage, for which the Bucksport Marina is known, for breakfast and it lived up to its reputation . A few miles north of Bucksport we passed Osprey Marina that we had heard had a good price for diesel. Their price was $2.29/gallon, so we stopped and took on another 100 gallons. That gave us 550 gallons aboard which should last for a good while.
The IWW becomes a straight, narrow ditch from mile 225 to 310 at Southport, SC. It was a little uncomfortable passing an oncoming midsized tugboat without a tow. I was glad it didn’t have a tow. The stretch called the rock pile is appropriately named (see photo).
At the Little River we entered North Carolina. We anchored off the IWW in Calabash Creek, about one-half a mile from the community of Calabash, NC. With the tides help, we averaged over 9 mph the whole way. The Danforth anchor held quickly in the sandy bottom near the Little River Inlet.
At the landing in Calabash, there were 12 restaurants within walking distance, all specializing in “Calabash Style” seafood. We didn’t try the restaurants but we did buy some jumbo shrimp right off the shrimp boat that was landing as we tied up the dinghy.
The anchorage proved to be excellent and we had a beautiful night at anchor. We took Sailor to shore on a shell bank right next to the boat.
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