At Brown’s Inlet, green marker 61, just before the Onslow Beach Bridge, three sailboats and one Grand Banks went aground yesterday due to shoaling. Sea Tow was busy on Channel 12. We will be passing though that area today.
Shortly after we left this morning we had 6 porpoise playing with us again. They are quick! We also enjoyed seeing a beautiful white egret on the shore and a large pelican gliding inches above the water. I had my camera in hand – my finger wasn’t quick enough.
As we approached the shoaling area, Bob called Sea Tow for an update. Three new temporary markers have been placed there. They instructed us to keep the two reds close to starboard and stay away from the new green, keeping it far to port, as you make a sharp turn. Since we were approaching the area at low tide, we throttled back and gave ourselves another 45 minutes of water. As we approached the shoaling area, a motor boat and two sailboats in front of us went aground. We turned around in the channel to give them maneuvering time. Another sailboat (from Canada – no surprise!) came up behind us, passed us, and went aground. All of them seemed to be too close to the green temporary marker. Since the first three boats were able to get off the shoal, we decided to give it a try. We made it with water to spare!!
We are anchored in Mile Hammock Bay near Camp LeJeune tonight. This Marine Corps base has a lot of training in progress! We have been watching Osprey short take off and landing aircraft maneuvering this afternoon and listening to the frequent sound of heavy artillery from the base.
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