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Sweet ride Steve! Bet you got me beat on fuel economy. I cruise at 130 kts and burn around 14 gph.

182 at KBUY (Burlington)

Thanks for the post Steve! Sounds like we have a lot in common. We too plan to cruise about twice a month for 2-3 days each time. I will learn all about the New Bern and surrounding area, you can learn all about the Charleston area, then we can share our knowledge with each other. We hope to...

Thanks Tom. This coming weekend will be MGC then possibly Beaufort the following weekend.

Is that where you recommend we go bilge53? To the Beaufort Docks?

Thanks BandB! I think Beaufort will be next for sure. I hear docking can be challenging and tides and currents are something I haven't experienced yet. Any tips?

Thanks to everyone for the info. This is VERY helpful.

Would love to but all 4 kids are going to be here this weekend and that doesn't happen often. We were thinking about Morehead next weekend.

Sounds PERFECT!

Besslb, If we stay at the Morehead Yacht Basin, will we be able to walk to cool restaurant and bars? I like the restaurants and Lisa is fond of the bars :)

We went in The Bean David but it was packed so we didn't stay. Hopefully next time.

We would have loved that Tom.B but how did you get the pic of us?

Cool. Where are you Tom.B?

Made it safely from NB to Oriental today. We are staying the night and headed back tomorrow. Where should I go next time?

Thanks David. I think we will try the free docks this weekend and see how it goes.

Thanks Besslb! I like your beer idea a lot. We hope to be going to NB most of the next few weekends and either hanging around there or going for short voyages.

Tom.B, you are my favorite of all. I feel like Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz talking about the scarecrow :) I appreciate all you comments and advice. Can't wait to meet you soon. With some big fishing tournament happening in the Morehead City and Beaufort area over the next two weekends, and...

So here is an update. We closed on Silver Tails, a Silverton 43, yesterday. We hired Cptn. Jack from New Bern to help us move her to her home, for now at least, in New Bern at the Grand Marina. The weather was amazing yesterday and it was an exciting maiden voyage. We learned so much and were...

My doc said it will be about a year before I am normal again.

I broke my ankle in December also Cardude01. Did mine snow boarding. How about you? I had surgery where they put in a plate with 6 screws so now when people say I might have a screw lose, I assume they are referring to one of those. I started back running in April and it hasn't been to bad but I...

Welcome! We were in Norfolk this past weekend visiting our daughter and son-in-law who are both in the CG. We are new boat owners ourselves hoping to close by Friday so we too have a LOT to learn but are excited about it all.

Thanks for all the comments everyone on this thread. Your comments have been helpful and made the last couple of weeks more fun. Hope to meet all of you one day. As for where we plan to keep her Besslb, we are thinking New Bern for a little while. We just like how close it is to the airport and...

Hi Besslb! Thanks so much for asking. The survey went great. We hope to have the report any day. Lisa and I had so much fun. It was an awesome day for us. We did the survey and the sea trial. We started at 8:30 Thursday morning and didn't finish until around 3 that afternoon. The first couple of...

Hi bilge53! We look forward to seeing more in Oriental. The thing we like about New Bern is the airport being there which is how we will be traveling most of the time. I'm with you on the entertainment not being Miami style but we think we will like hanging out at the marinas and local...

Welcome and congrats! We are in the middle of our first purchase as well. So exciting and fun!