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 We locked through the South Mill lock
and 'sailed' down the mighty Pasquotank towards EC. With the help of
Brian, we tied up to the face-dock of the Pelican Marina. We have been
coming here through three sets of owners. The town is a slave to
weather. Strong SE winds for days at a time can damage the waterfronts
and can subject serious flooding to the historic business community. Got
to admire these folks.
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 EC was the home to the "Rose Buddies", a community led
coalition welcoming traveling cruisers with free dockage and a wine &
cheese party. Fred Fearing led the effort from 1983 to 2007. History
says that Willard Scott (former WRC and NBC weather forecaster) was so
impressed with the Rose Buddies that he gave Fred a golf cart to
facilitate the wine and cheese parties. We enjoyed Fred and his guys.
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 Many of our friends and acquaintances are
no longer here. Diesel Dave died just before we arrived, folks moved to
new opportunities, or just moved away. Billie and Earle are still in
town. Billie is on the City Council and Earle lives on his boat,
'Chai'. Jim and Karen came a-visiting on the way from South Carolina to
the York River. It was wonderful seeing them on their (sorta new) boat.
They took this picture of a handsome couple on the handsome boat.
Tomorrow we leave and head back up. Of course, the weather has turned
foul for the next five days
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