It's Wednesday May 18, 2022
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Carolina Blood Moon | May 16, 2022 MV Scorpio at the Beaufort Wooden Boat Show | May 13, 2022
MV Scorpio was hand built by John Worcester (with help from volunteers) at the Beaufort Maritime Museum’s Watercraft Center. It just won Best in Show at the 46th Annual Beaufort Wooden Boat Show. Click play to take a tour of MV Scorprio.
A Grand Banks Trawler and a Leopard 42 Catamaran are tucked in at the town dock, escaping high north winds.
Vintage Mercury outboard at The Beaufort Wooden Boat Show Saturday. It is a model 20H, circa 1954.
MV Duchess, a 1930 Elco at The Beaufort Wooden Boat Show Saturday. More photos from the show coming Wednesday.
High water levels mean a reduced bridge clearance. Normally at 45 feet, max height under the Oriental bridge was under 43’ Sunday evening.
Found at Saturday’s Town Wide Yards Sale: a sailor on a pendulum. (Click for the big picture and the full view)
Control yourself. Well, just a little. The 2022 Oriental Town-Wide Yard Sale is underway.
MV Hardwork in the slip at Oriental Harbor Marina & Inn. It may be the first boat TownDock staff have spotted with a Bonsai tree collection. (Click for the big picture and the Bonsai view.)
Departing Oriental Harbor this morning, an aptly named motor vessel. ‘Mobile Home’ is actually equipped with an aft spiral staircase. (Click for the big view and more.)
Another Wednesday, another chance to join the Wednesday Night Sail at 6p tonight. It’s a race, yes, but a relaxing one. How relaxing? Click play to find out.
Are you a good boy? Elmer, sometimes we have doubts. Fortunately, Captain John Rahm is here to help you with your wayward ways.
Seen at anchorage: SV Ness. The 44 ft ketch (built in 2000) and her captain Philip Sax are regular visitors to Oriental. (Click for the big picture, and more.)
Sunday sunrise… a visiting catamaran anchored off Oriental.
Sunrise Friday morning over Whittaker Pointe Marina. (Bill Penkava photo)
“HMS” in nautical circles usually stands for “Her Majesty’s Ship.” Not this time. It is “Henry Marchand Shaw” – who made this gimbal – for his brother James. You may know James Shaw for his local rigging work. James lives on a 26’ Bristol Channel Cutter. TownDock talked to James about his new stainless (with brass and wood touches) single burner stove. (click photo for more views)
A Clemson sailor shows off some low freeboard style.
Monday evening, the Friends of the Library held a presentation on the new library building on Highway 55. Though the model wasn’t at the meeting, TownDock.net was able to get photos of it at the current library location. (Click for the bigger picture and to see the floor plan and more.)
North Carolina State University on the water Sunday. They took first place in last weekend’s SailPack Regatta.
The team from University Of Maryland on the water Sunday. It was the last day of the 2022 SailPack Regatta. The event was won by NC State – see details below.
Scenes from the SailPack Regatta Saturday. Collegiate sailors from twenty different colleges gather in Oriental for a weekend of sailing. Saturday night, the sailors and the community get together for a pig pickin’ at the Silos. (Click for the big picture and more)
Raindrop Ridge Herbs, aka Dorita Boyd, “The Herb Lady” – wa at the Farmer’s Market Saturday morning. Once a year Dorita brings herbs – both common and hard-to-find – from her nursery near Little Washington. This is the last time Dorita and her herbs will be here. Later this year, the “Herb Lady” will be retiring. The Farmer’s Market is open from 8-11a on Hodges Street.
On the water at the 2019 SailPack Regatta. The sailors are back in town this weekend for the 2022 SailPack Regatta.
Painting in progress on Don Henderson’s last project: a community mural. Don passed unexpectedly and left the mural unfinished. His family invite the community to come pick up a brush and help finish it today from 11a until sunset. Friday, you’re invited to a celebration in the garden from 5-6p. Southern Hellcats will play, food and drink provided. Find out more here. (Click to see the big more and more.)
Trawler Kedge, visiting from St. Louis, Missouri, anchored on Greens Creek. (Click for the big picture and more)
Modest flooding on Hodges Street Monday morning.
