Begin – 35.46N 75.31W – Virginia Beach, VA
End – 34.92N 76.65W – Havelock, NC
Total fuel: 153 gallons
Travel time: 13 hours
Miles traveled: 188 miles
Finally leaving Va. Beach… the boys were getting stir crazy and wanted to push on… the seas were 1′ NW Winds 15 knots. We left the dock at 7:30am and headed to Oregon Inlet a 65 mile run. 35 miles into the trip we needed to make a beach landing and refuel… our fuel consumption was double on this run.
When we landed on the beach a few woman came out from their houses and said we looked like “Red Dawn” invading the beach! LOL! The surf was 4′ to 6′ so the beach landing and departure was real fun! We all refueled successfully and pushed on for Oregon Inlet, we arrived at Oregon Inlet at 1:00pm. This ended up being a pretty tough ride, it sure was nice seeing Oregon Inlet and making the run in… Oregon wasn’t too bad today, you just have to stay between the waves!
We meet a bunch of really cool people, our first encounter was with Dick Adams, great guy, Civil War Actor (for the South of Course!) and keeper of cold watermelon…
Dick (pictured above right side) was kind enough to breakout some delicious watermelon and share with us and a stranded group of people from the outer banks. As a matter of fact it was like a refugee camp at his location do to the hurricane Arthur and all that were evacuated… what a bummer… be on vacation and get shipped out there was about 200 people at this location just making do.
we packed up and set course for Core Creek, about 85 mile run. In the beginning of the run all was good and once we cleared Parched Corn Bay… from Parched Corn Bay all the way to Core Creek we took a spanking… we had to run slow and with that we ran out of daylight at 8:38pm and fortunately for us we invaded Bill & Kathy McDade’s home and for us, what a blessing!
I can’t say enough about the McDade’s, we met their son in law on the beach, explained our situation and in latterly minutes we where introduced to the family, which offered us fresh dry towels and water. We packed up our gear and called my Cousin Vinny, he lives about 30 minutes away… his lovely wife Deana was able to come and pick us up. :-)
Now back to the McDade’s… after securing our skis the McDades invited us into their home and gave us, fruit, cheese and crackers, and most importantly… not to mention a fine selection of beer! Their three little nieces where helping out and running around with excitement… looking at the jet ski people! LOL It was the perfect family to run into… they are avid sailors and their daughter even races sail boats in San Fran… so they totally understood our situation. :-)
Thank you very much Mr. & Mrs. McDade, we really appreciated all the hospitality!
Thank God we made it to where we did, the fortune of the McDade’s and only 30 minutes from Vincent and Deana’s home!
Since it was the Forth of July, Vincent was working the Fireworks so Deana had to make the ride out to pick us up… the reason I’m pointing this out because it was a very dark long ride, Deana never really ventured out this way however she toughed it out and made it to our location… Thank you Deana!!!
Vinny and Deana had everything ready for us when we got to their house… the boys were all joking that they could sleep on concrete and it would feel comfortable… however the air mattresses felt like the finest bedding one could buy!!! What a great night sleep!
Over & Out
Captain Kelly, SPC
(Self Proclaimed Captain)
Ps: I know I’m running a couple days behind… trying to catch up over the next couple days. :-)