We are stopping at Dowry Creek Marina because the weather is supposed to be windy and rainy for the next couple days.
We really like this marina now that they have a good restaurant with craft beers and great prices on food and beer.
When we arrived and pulled into our assigned slip we were surprised to sea an Island Packet 350 parked next to us. It turned out to be our friends Laurie and Jim that we have met several times throughout our cruising since 2005. They have lived onboard their boat for the last 17 years and, cruise up and down the East Coast. They are on their way from Maine to Florida.
Happy hour at the restaurant. We had beer and hors d'oeuvres two nights in a row and lots of great reminiscences from the past 20yrs of sailing our Island Packets.
It rained pretty steady for the next 3 days. It was great to be plugged into shore power so we had heat and the dehumidifier effect of our heat pump.
We could have anchored out for the 3 days but the 100% humidity and taking Rivah to the bow in the rain to do her business would have been quite uncomfortable.
As it was, it rained almost every time we took her for a walk, 3 times a day.
Jim and Laurie departed after 2 days to take advantage of the favorable winds for sailing, despite the rain. We decided to stay another day for the rain to stop even though we would have to motor most of the way to Oriental.
It rained for most all the day and night and we were glad to be tucked into our slip and plugged into power for heat.
Thursday morning and the rain has stopped (except for an occasional short shower). We are underway for Oriental.
The wind, which made Jim and Laurie's departure a white knuckle event, has died down and we were able to easily back and maneuver out of the slip (which was very constricted) and be on our way.
Off for Oriental.
