miscue on approach…..

As we approached Beaufort Town Marina, the fog was rolling in pretty quickly…..we spotted the long “t” dock and there were two sailboats already tied there. I decided to pull in in front of them and reduced power and angled the boat toward the dock.

What I hadn’t realized was that I was moving into a 6 knot current. I slowed the boat to idle and instead of coasting into the dock it stopped. The starboard stern brushed against the stern of one of the sailboats. Unfortunately the occupant was there to witness my mistake. All manner of language emitted. All pertaining to my abilities as a captain. Poor Susan was on the stern with dock lines when this happened and definitely felt the lightning Bolts as they were fired. The sailboat guy fended off the stern as I powered forward to get into place and we tied the boat off. At this point I was not sure that I should even go talk to the guy…. or even get off the boat anytime soon. Mike and Susan felt pretty sure the tiraid was “beer induced”. I fixed a rum and decided it was time and walked over and apologized and asked if I damaged anything. He responded that I “barely kissed” his stern and he was fine. I apologized again and he went below to get another beer. I figured that was as much as I could do at the time and retreated.

Not everything is going smoothly here…..

So, it was off to find a Christmas Eve drink. A fair number of livaboards in the Marina.

Hemingway’s a block from the marina. Open 365 days a year until 2:00am.