Third Time is the Charm (About TIme)

Sorry I have not posted sooner, but I just haven't been motivated to get this one going. This is my third trip aboard "About Time", a 2005 Silverton 48 Convertible powered with Volvo D12's. She is a great boat that I moved from Wilmington, NC to Montauk, NY in May of last year when the owner bought her. Then I brought her to Charleston, SC for the winter back in later October/early November. Now it is time to get her back home to Montauk for the summer.

We pulled out of Charleston on Monday morning. However, I was down on the boat the week before to move her. It is a long story, but the short version is she wasn't ready to move and after several issues were resolved and fixed, we finally got her underway this week.

We ran on Monday off-shore from Charleston to Wrightsville Beach. Seas were solid 4 footers, but she did very well with the seas and north winds at 15kts. Then today we made the 235 mile run up to Coinjock, NC. We ran off-shore from Wrightsville up to Beaufort, NC and then came in and onto the ICW for the run up to Coinjock. Seas were a bit rough at 4 feet and winds around 20kts with a much shorter period than the day before and we even decided to not run up the sound as it would have been an uncomfortable ride.

We battled the sailboats and trawlers on the ICW all heading to Norfolk for the "Looper's" convention in Norfolk in early May. Coinjock is full of loopers as well as huge boats that want to spend the summer in parts north.

We are not sure if we will run inside or outside tomorrow once we get to Norfolk. It will all depend on the weather. If we run inside we will end up at the top of the Bay in Chesapeake City and if we run outside we will make Atlantic City.


Sunrise leaving Wrightsville this morning getting ready to head out the inlet.




Back in Coinjock. Second time here in 8 days. There are 2 boats in front of us that are both over 100 feet.