Sailing Vessel Eleanor Tarr

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I’m stopping in Atlantic City for some sleep, staging for next hop to NYC or Sandy Hook.

Casino’s light the anchorage… and i got a free DJ last night. I think i’ll stay aboard.

NO SLEEP ‘TILL BROOKLYN!!!

Refuge and shelter are often inconveniently short.
Shortly after taking up shelter behind Cape Henlopen the forecast predicted strong winds from North at midnight, my once protected anchorage was about to get rough.
This made for a descision late yesterday to “bug out” back to sea for a very wet bash, opposing currents, thunderstorms… wet!….to Cape May New Jersey.

A 36 hour passage North started tamely and ended in a bit of a romp.
I’ve had a good meal and a good sleep
Safe and sound at anchor in Cape Henlopen

Preparing for another ocean passage I waited on conditions to improve in Norfolk… a busy military port.

I left Elisabeth City for Norfolk VA.
In the ICW… Dismal Swamp canal.
I need to watch overhead, there is only clearance for my 45′ rig in the centre, one mistake… and there’s tree limbs crashing onto deck.
Waiting for locks here is a different story.
Just piles, 40′ apart. You kind of sling between them.. a good workout shorthanded.. it works but….
What would i give for a blue line!! @tsw
Very stormy… more updates and pics later

SV Eleanor Tarr’s homeport is Peterborough Canada.
If she has a second homeport, it’s Oriental, North Carolina.
An emotionaly, and stratigicaly, significant port for my family, and myself…and home to our much beloved friends of more than a decade. These sweet people have a beautiful house on the water, up a “creek”… and their own dinghy dock!! They provided unbelievable hospitality. We’ve known these cool cats in many places…. and now they’re in Oriental
I feel home…. before I get home.
Thanks 🐝&🥒

A couple bouncy days at sea, and a wander up the ICW, myself and the good vessel Eleanor Tarr are in Georgetown SC. The ship performed well, averaging 5knts +. The skipper felt a little churned, and green.
Very decent winds, water depths of 50-100 feet, very shallow for ocean sailing, the sea state reminded me more of Lake Erie than the Atlantic Ocean.
Many visitors, a dolphin escort on/off for much of the run.
I captured very few photos as squally weather and busy shipping kept me hopping.
Thanks for everyones continued interest and support.
t.

Through Jacksonville and down the river. Ships, sand, tides and dolphins, just a thin ribbon of beach between the sea… and me

Safe at anchor! Julington Creek has been a snug spot to spend a blow. Conditions look to be improving in the next 12-24 hrs.