Friday, February 28, 2014


Spent the night at Barefoot Landing Marina, along the ICW at Myrtle Beach.  The "marina" is really nothing more than a floating dock about 10' wide and about 300' long that runs parallel to the waterway on the east side.  The dock master was very helpful and even drove us to the NAPA store for oil in the morning.  Not much for amenities but right next to a large shopping center with lots of restaurants etc.  As we approached the dock, Ollie's friend Chuck was waiting.  He jumped aboard and had the problem isolated in 20 minutes and repaired in about an hour.  Then, the 5 of us went over to Ollie's house for a fantastic pasta dinner (and, for me, shower, and laundry). Thanks Ann and Ollie!!  Phil and Dan and I came back to the boat for the night.  This morning, we did boat work till around noon - changed the engine oil, cleaned, tidied up the new VHF power wiring, ate breakfast, planned our trip for today and tomorrow.  We only motored for 3 hours today. The current was with us and we made 20 miles to the Ocean Isles Marina - a very nice marina, primarily for small boats. They have inside storage for over 400 runabouts and docks for only about 20 larger boats. Very nice staff and facilities.  After an "exhausting" day, all but Dan had fallen asleep by 8pm and we were all in bed by 9:30.

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