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2017 Neuse Cruise Picture Report by Uncle Al Tuesday pics - 1 pics mostly by Linda Heffernan, Uwe Heine, AnnMarie Covington and Uncle Al ........ |
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Tuesday's
Breakfast Duty Chef was AnnMarie who served up
delicious scrambled eggs with onions, mushrooms and
bacon with bagels which complemented our breakfast
drinks very nicely as we prepared to set sail by
driving the mile or so down to the launch ramp with
masts poised for action.
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| the road to the ramp Michelle opened one of the garage gates to reveal ... |
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... Richard's
latest building success, a Core Sound 17. Here Richard
introduces Uncle Al to the snotter (pronounced
snodder) which instantly became Al's favourite new
word of 2017. For those few who may not be familiar
with the word, here is an official definition:
........ Dictionary
snot·ter
ˈsnädər/
noun
NAUTICAL
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| the ramp ........ |
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The Avocet
completes our trio of boats. Uncle Al gets to sail in
her with Richard and Michele. Jim Heffernan and Linda
will be in Morning Star, their lovely
composite Wayfarer, while AnnMarie Covington will team
up with Nancy Collins. Her husband, Uwe, will be on
shore patrol, looking after the dogs, occasionally
following our progress from shore, and most
importantly supervising the Tuesday dinner's star attraction, a
smoked pork shoulder.
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| Uncle Al trims
something aboard ... ........ |
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| ... Avocet
- No! No! Not the bird, the boat!!!! ........ |
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| As we motor
electrically and silently along in Avocet, Jim
and Linda ghost along nicely under wind power. ........ |
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Nancy in Black Skimmer. ........ |
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| Here we are
approaching Oriental at the mouth of ... ........ |
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| ... Smith Creek. ........ |
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| And so, we leave Smith
Creek at Oriental and head out onto the open ocean or should I say the open Pamlico Sound? Well, it's really the Neuse River. |
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