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<\/a><\/p>\nOnce the weather settled we continued our trip arriving into the Beaufort NC inlet at dawn two days later. We were really impressed with the marine life along the way. Saw our first hammerhead shark in the surf 90 degrees to the boat. Surfing into the Beaufort inlet we saw 19.6 knots on the GPS.<\/p>\n Beaufort, NC has an attractive waterfront with plenty of action all about. The town dates back to the early 1700’s with beautifully restored old homes, an esplanade to walk along and lots of boats about with people out cruising and enjoying the waters. The old burying ground was interesting with old oak trees and tales of the people buried in the cemetery in the 1700’s. One of the most touching was of a little girl who was buried in a barrel of rum. Her father had taken her to London, England to see her homeland promising his wife he would return the girl safely. On the return trip she died so the father bought a barrel of rum from the captain and placed the girl in the barrel for burial in Beaufort. The grave has lots of toys on it. Morehead City is just down the road with lots of box stores once we are ready to restock the boat. We enjoyed a meal out at the Ruddy Duck which is a seafood restaurant right on the waterfront and busy. The outdoor bar was a great place to take it all in and wind down. Beaufort\/ Morehead City is a big sports fishing area with lots of sports fishing boats about. The Big Rock sports fishing tournament had just started for the week. We wandered along the waterfront when the 120 teams were coming back in from fishing on day 1 and spotted a HUGE blue marlin on the weigh scale; 754.3 pounds, which took 4.5 hours to reel in. Wow! A huge travel lift to get her up out of the water<\/p><\/div>\n Boat work needed to be done and so we organized the work at Jarrett Bay Boatworks on the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway near Beaufort. Very impressive place with such nice people.<\/p>\n We hired a car and took a road trip into North Carolina. We headed to Raleigh, the capital of the state. The downtown area is condense so great to walk around, with lots of old historic buildings. We decided to go on a Segway tour to see the Oakwood historic district with its 19th century period homes, the Oakwood cemetery founded in 1869 and the Governors mansion. Great way to experience the city and fun. We’ll be doing this again somewhere. Continuing our trip through North Carolina we went to Pinehurst to see golf at the Mens US Open. Great atmosphere and amazing watching the players up close. It was hot and there were lots and lots of people about.<\/p>\n We enjoyed the drive through North Carolina. Arriving in to Charlotte it was a lot bigger than we both expected with a downtown core and highways going in all directions. Here we\u00a0boarded a plane to Orlando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our 3-4 day\/night trip to Beaufort, NC had some squalls with winds clocking 30-35 knots and rather large waves. Unfortunately the wind and wave direction did not improve so we decided to divert to Port Royal Inlet near Hilton Head, … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n
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