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Great Loops stats so far (at 4,000 miles)
Scott here! How much have we spent so far?? Here are our stats so far on our Great Loop adventure. We were on the water for 211 nights. Our total cost for marinas and mooring balls was $13,799.40. 157 of those 211 nights we were in a marina or on a mooring ball. The other…
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Travel Day April 16, 24 (Morehead to Belhaven) Travel Day # 76
Scott here. Today I am leaving the Morehead City Yacht Basin and heading to our final destination, for a while, to Belhaven. This is a sadder day for me than Rita. But I am excited because she is so excited to spend time around family. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy see family, I…
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Travel day # 75 stats
Scott here. Today we traveled from Carolina Beach to Morehead, NC. I have to admit it was really nice setting the autopilot and just going. Check the chart every 15 minutes to make sure we are on track, but one of us is always on watch make sure we don’t hit anything. The weather was…
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Travel Day #74 stats
Scott and his crew departed Myrtle Beach Yacht Club for Carolina Beach Municipal Marina Mooring Field. They opted for a mooring ball due to unreliable anchorage. The journey went smoothly despite rough waters near Southport. They were pleasantly surprised to find acquaintances nearby and enjoyed a peaceful end to the day. Overall, it was a…
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Travel Day April 13, 24 (Myrtle Beach to Carolina Beach, NC) Travel Day # 74
Scott here. Unfortunately we only get to stay one night here. More would be better. I have said that A LOT lately. But, we must go. I am trying to split up our final 3 travel days before Belhaven evenly. I think we have done OK with that so far. But, Sunday looks like a…
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Travel Day #73 stats
Scott here. Leaving Georgetown, SC was fairly easy along with the travel day. We made it to Myrtle Beach, SC with plenty of time. The night went really good, the featured image is our anchor tracking for two nights. Rita took a ton of photos and we saw about that many turtles as well. We…
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Travel day April 11, 24 (Georgetown to Little River, SC) Travel day #73
Scott here. This stop will be at a marina, there just isn’t an anchorage with a decent travel window. So we will be staying at the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club for the night. It isn’t a long way, but I’m hoping to get an early start to explore the marina and area. Maybe do that…
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Update from Georgetown, SC
Scott here. I am thinking (maybe praying) we have hit the top of the storm and are on the back side of the worst of it. It is still raining, choppy, bouncy and lots of waves. But, we have been in worse. At least the current and waves are in the same direction and we…
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Travel day #72 stats
Scott here. Just to throw it out there, feel free to follow us on Facebook as well. Just do a search for MY Happiness or Surf & Turf Retirement. Today was a pretty long day, not our longest day, but long enough. We made it to Georgetown to walk the dog at a nearby beach…
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Travel day April 10, 2024 (Charleston to Georgetown, SC) Travel day #72
Scot here. Quick lay over and it is time to go. If we stay 3 days we have to stay 4 as the weather looks bad on the 11th. This marina is too expensive for that and we need to get some miles under the belt. It is becoming pretty hard to find anchorages with…
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