You guys are my new go to for cruising sailors. Nice videos, tightly edited with well scripted audio. In short, I predict you will, in an arc of time become Cruising Sailor RUclips ROCKSTARS! Hope to share an anchorage with you some time.
That’s so funny you guys anchored there! My wife and I hang out there almost every time we go out! Glad you enjoyed your stay here. We love it here. We live just 5 miles from where Mile Hammock Bay! Out next trip is going to Beaufort!
Back in the early 80’s myself and a friend of mine would fly from St Pete Fl to New Bern NC to the Hatteras factory and deliver them down the ICW ,and skip from Charleston SC into the Atlantic skip Ga to Jax then back to the ICW till we got to Stewart Fl crossed Florida to Ft Myers’s across lake ocachobe not sure of how it’s spelled,to ft. Myers’s then to st Pete. We would have to stop and fuel using around 600 gl per day,smaller one was 58’,biggest on 70’ luv.
We cruised the ICW over 14 years going to bahamas virgins islands dry tortugas and that Cove with the base it was always noisey. Then dad who's been a Capt since 78 went on to buy a house in Okracoke and charter the 2 boats he has. I went on to the military for 25 years and then SAR. Have a rentle in Beaufort Enjoy your trips.
As an older sailor (65+) let me tell you an old hand trick. On the ICW or any unfamiliar or seldom charted waterway, always steer left or right of Rhumb, that way when it starts getting shallow just turn the helm in the opposite direction close to the same amount of degrees. Now not huge turns just small increments and you'll know which way to go. Hope this helps.
Late to the party but the double thump you heard was most likely Artillery or mortars on a training range. Most likely mortars. They use those more than the big guns. The “bagpipes” may or may not be the morning colors being played on a bugle or the evening Taps. You hear it “sometimes” based on the wind carrying the sound. We did have a Major that would play evening Taps on the bags l but that was 20 years ago.
I just came through that area. Love the channel right outside Mile Hammock, it is like 5 feet from shore! Currently I am sitting in Carolina Beach waiting out this winter storm.
Thankfully, we were about to get off the grounding! Good news is we updated the Navionics charts. If you view the ICW to Beaufort you'll see the shoaling and a series of markers we placed for the good depths.
I live on the ICW in Southport between Beacon 314 and 315 and enjoy watching, photographing and shooting videos of passing boats, shrimpers, aquatic birds, and even porpoises and the occasional manatee, alligator and deer which decides to swim across from Oak Island which was created in the 1930s when our section of ‘The Ditch” cut it off from the mainland. Our house on the north shore is built on the material dredged from the 12’ channel over on south side and required pilings driven 16’ deep to support the foundation. I designed our house to look nicer in the back from the water with four hip-roofed ‘towers’ in each of the corners with the main staircase in the back left corner covered with stone and the kitchen counter at the back on the right so I can watch the passing show while cooking. When I see an interesting boat I will run out with the camera to photograph it then created video slide shows to music on my channel. Previous to building this house I had lot in Panama City Beach at the top of St. Andrews Bay where it connects with the dredged ICW channel that heads west to Destin which had the same great views of both the rising and setting sun in the winter months. That’s what is special about the ICW west of Southport. At Southport it makes a 90° turn from N-S to E-W, rare on the East coast and a big reason why we decide to retire here. Unfortunately for sailers St. James Marina near our house in not a great location to own a sailboat or motorboat for ocean fishing due to the haul required to motor in the ICW to Southport and the north end of Oak Island to reach open water and once in the open water there aren’t many nearby destinations with good anchorages to day-sail, anchor overnight and return from. That’s the reason one of the reasons I have not bought a boat. The other is the water disappears at low tide on our side of the ditch and is very shallow at high tide which why we are prohibited from even having a dock for sightseeing by deed restrictions and most enjoy the view of sailers like you from the back deck. 👍🥰
Hey Mat, nice video, as usual! I see you dropped the hook in Taylor Creek, when were you there? I have no idea how close you are to real time. We were in the creek a few weeks back, and now we're parked at Homer Smith Docks for 3 months.
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You guys are my new go to for cruising sailors. Nice videos, tightly edited with well scripted audio. In short, I predict you will, in an arc of time become Cruising Sailor RUclips ROCKSTARS! Hope to share an anchorage with you some time.
AWESOME!! Thank you. We've learned there are only so many anchorages...we will definitely share one soon. Cheers
Very relaxing..I love anything on the water..Thank you for taking me along on your journey ❤❤
That’s so funny you guys anchored there! My wife and I hang out there almost every time we go out! Glad you enjoyed your stay here. We love it here. We live just 5 miles from where Mile Hammock Bay! Out next trip is going to Beaufort!
Back in the early 80’s myself and a friend of mine would fly from St Pete Fl to New Bern NC to the Hatteras factory and deliver them down the ICW ,and skip from Charleston SC into the Atlantic skip Ga to Jax then back to the ICW till we got to Stewart Fl crossed Florida to Ft Myers’s across lake ocachobe not sure of how it’s spelled,to ft. Myers’s then to st Pete. We would have to stop and fuel using around 600 gl per day,smaller one was 58’,biggest on 70’ luv.
We cruised the ICW over 14 years going to bahamas virgins islands dry tortugas and that Cove with the base it was always noisey. Then dad who's been a Capt since 78 went on to buy a house in Okracoke and charter the 2 boats he has. I went on to the military for 25 years and then SAR. Have a rentle in Beaufort Enjoy your trips.
As an older sailor (65+) let me tell you an old hand trick. On the ICW or any unfamiliar or seldom charted waterway, always steer left or right of Rhumb, that way when it starts getting shallow just turn the helm in the opposite direction close to the same amount of degrees. Now not huge turns just small increments and you'll know which way to go. Hope this helps.
Late to the party but the double thump you heard was most likely Artillery or mortars on a training range. Most likely mortars. They use those more than the big guns. The “bagpipes” may or may not be the morning colors being played on a bugle or the evening Taps. You hear it “sometimes” based on the wind carrying the sound. We did have a Major that would play evening Taps on the bags l but that was 20 years ago.
Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
I just came through that area. Love the channel right outside Mile Hammock, it is like 5 feet from shore! Currently I am sitting in Carolina Beach waiting out this winter storm.
Thankfully, we were about to get off the grounding! Good news is we updated the Navionics charts. If you view the ICW to Beaufort you'll see the shoaling and a series of markers we placed for the good depths.
Our home port is Swansboro NC. It's a great little town if you have a chance to drop anchor there.
Thanks for sharing 🙏
The ICW passes NOT far from my location in Louisiana, never been in it though.. but it looks like it would be fun traveling.
It's a great change of pace. Sleep soundly at night. Not worries about storms. And easy cooking while underway!
Hey,next time you're in Beaufort, try the shrimp scampi at Clawsons. I'd write bad checks for it.
LOL...we definitely will! (The shrimp, not the bad checks, lol)
I live on the ICW in Southport between Beacon 314 and 315 and enjoy watching, photographing and shooting videos of passing boats, shrimpers, aquatic birds, and even porpoises and the occasional manatee, alligator and deer which decides to swim across from Oak Island which was created in the 1930s when our section of ‘The Ditch” cut it off from the mainland.
Our house on the north shore is built on the material dredged from the 12’ channel over on south side and required pilings driven 16’ deep to support the foundation. I designed our house to look nicer in the back from the water with four hip-roofed ‘towers’ in each of the corners with the main staircase in the back left corner covered with stone and the kitchen counter at the back on the right so I can watch the passing show while cooking. When I see an interesting boat I will run out with the camera to photograph it then created video slide shows to music on my channel.
Previous to building this house I had lot in Panama City Beach at the top of St. Andrews Bay where it connects with the dredged ICW channel that heads west to Destin which had the same great views of both the rising and setting sun in the winter months. That’s what is special about the ICW west of Southport. At Southport it makes a 90° turn from N-S to E-W, rare on the East coast and a big reason why we decide to retire here.
Unfortunately for sailers St. James Marina near our house in not a great location to own a sailboat or motorboat for ocean fishing due to the haul required to motor in the ICW to Southport and the north end of Oak Island to reach open water and once in the open water there aren’t many nearby destinations with good anchorages to day-sail, anchor overnight and return from. That’s the reason one of the reasons I have not bought a boat. The other is the water disappears at low tide on our side of the ditch and is very shallow at high tide which why we are prohibited from even having a dock for sightseeing by deed restrictions and most enjoy the view of sailers like you from the back deck. 👍🥰
So cool, thanks for sharing about your slice of the ICW paradise!
Mile Hammock is the spot.
Hey Mat, nice video, as usual! I see you dropped the hook in Taylor Creek, when were you there? I have no idea how close you are to real time. We were in the creek a few weeks back, and now we're parked at Homer Smith Docks for 3 months.
We don't know area that good. But we dropped past the marine firing area in Mile Hammock Bay...by the boat ramp. Is that also called Taylor Creek?
No, Taylor Creek is where you anchored in Beaufort, at the end of the video, it runs between Front Street and Carrot Island.
Great Video - Let us know when you are back around Little River SC - wold love to meet with you
Okay, sounds great 👍
What camera was this shot on?
There are alligators in Beaufort.
What? I didn't know that.
@@TheFosterJourneyit’s just the locals. Not really gators.
@@harlowecustommicrogreens 😂😂