Liz City

Elizabeth City, Mariner's Docks
N 36 17.915 W 76 13.099

Well, this place is sure familiar. I guess this is the 5th time we've stopped here at Elizabeth City in our wanderings. Once, Jennifer met us here to sail with us for a few days. On another occasion, our friends the Undrills sailed with us for a week and the trip terminated here.

The main man of the famous Rose Buddies who welcome cruisers and hosted daily parties, Mr. Fred Fearing, passed away last fall 2 days after we were here last. However, the Rose Buddies tradition lives on, albeit only Monday through Friday.

When we pulled in, we found that the boat right next to us, Ming, is a power cruiser and the home of Neal. Neal remembers us and remembers Don and Margaret on Heron from Vero Beach last December. The boat on the other side of us is a couple we met at West End, Bahamas. The social net continues to get stronger.

I just got an email from my long time buddy, Walt. Walt lives in Raleigh. We like to visit when we pass through NC, but unfortunately, it won't work this time.

There's a machine shop here. Tomorrow I'm going to find out if they can free up the frozen clutch on our anchor windlass.