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Trawler Capt Ben, underway on Core Creek.

Monday night about 7p, a rainbow appeared (it didn’t last long). Pete Newman took in the view… from the newly constructed Taco Tower on Hodges St. (click pic for more views, Martha Newman photos)

A Hurricane Lily blooms in the blue bottle gardens on South Water Street. They are sometimes called a “red spider lily,” or even by their fancy scientific name: Lycoris radiata. They bloom in mid September… just when hurricanes often bloom too.

Sunset on Greens Creek… the view from MV Liz.

The dragon compass rose decorating the side of the Provision Company has weathered most of Oriental’s worst storms. Originally painted by Sue Henry, it recently got a paint refresh from Charlie Frye. Click for the big view, and to see the dragon in 2008.

Neal Whicher shows how to hold a sextant. Tonight, Fred Read will teach you how to use it. He’s speaking at The Oriental History Museum at 6:30p.

A cormorants suns itself on a piling near the Oriental Bridge.

The Greens Creek Challenge Regatta is the sailboat race for boats 20 ft and under. Held on the creeks of Oriental for over 30 years, its a magic small event that can make you smile. It was initially planned for Sept 13… but potentially unkind weather has the 2025 Greens Creek Challenge now set for Saturday Sept 20.
This is a scene from the 2023 Greens Creek Challenge.

Heading out Sunday afternoon for a new week of shrimp trawling, trawler Brenda K. (click pic for more Brenda K views)

Moonrise over Kershaw Creek.

SV Girl Friend has been a fixture at OYC and the Oriental harbor for over half a century. We’re told that when the boat debuted in the early 70s, it was the largest sailboat in Oriental. To put perspective on how boat sizes have changed, Girl Friend is a Tartan 34.

Mariposa and Silver Girl sailing on the Neuse.

Fishing boat at sunrise. (Kevin O’Neill photo)

A cat sits in the shadows at Garland Fulcher Seafood.

At sunrise, a native fisherman at work. (Jennifer Smart photo)

There were a lot of boats at Pirate Jam Saturday (looked like the largest group ever). Among them… a steamboat sighting. Jim Wysenski and crew visited the Jam with SS Ellie. (click pic for more steamy views)

Pirate Jam is Saturday, three bands play off Teachs Point from 2p to 6:30p. You take in the music from your boat. Here’s the map.

With summer almost gone… here is one of the iconic views of summer in Oriental: Bow To Stern’s youth sailing school dinghies lined up at the breakwater at Hodges Street. On mid summer Fridays the young sailors tie up here for a sweet reason… ice cream at The Bean.

On the water at the Wednesday Night Sail – Silver Girl and Mariposa. The Wednesday Night Sail is a multi-decade Oriental tradition.

Libby Delamar goes fishing in the harbor. (click pic for more fishing views, Ben Casey photos)

SV Monhegan Mist: home port in South Carolina, docked in North Carolina, named for an island off the coast of Maine.

Sunrise at Baird Creek, just off the Neuse. (Kelly Slobodian photo)

Sunrise, and a sailboat anchored beyond Oriental.

SV Whim is home on Pierce Creek.

At 9p Wednesday, the satellite view of Hurricane Erin moving north at 14 mph.

At 5p Wednesday, the satellite view of Erin. You can see the outer bands beginning to touch the NC coast.

The Wednesday morning satellite view of Hurricane Erin (from NOAA’s Goes East satelliute).

The Erin surge forecast from NHC/NOAA… 1 to 3 feet locally.

On Sunday mornings you’ll find the Oriental Dragon Boat Club out practicing on the creeks.

A cormorant takes in the sunrise.

SV Gizmo, docked in Pierce Creek. (Click for the full view)

An orange cat rests on the dock at Garland Fulcher Seafood. The docked ears indicate it won’t be adding to the local cat population.

You can eat it dainty with a fork, or some just pick it up and chomp in. It’s Watermelon Sunday, 4p today at the Bonds. (file photo from the 2021 Watermelon Sunday)

Gulls follow a small fishing boat, looking for a quick meal from the net.

Just after sunrise, on Pierce Creek.

SV Stinger at the Wednesday Night Sail. (Click for the larger pic and more)

On a drier day than today… sunrise on the Neuse. Photo from July 30.

Trawler Carolyn Ann at sunrise, Oriental harbor.

A Great Blue Heron hangs out in Smith Creek waters.

Dad always said, never stand up in a boat. A stand-up trio do some Sunday sunrise fishin’. (Jennifer Smart photo)

Meet Lulu. Painted by Elaine Hinchman. She’s one of the works on display at Broad Strokes Gallery on Broad Street. (click for the full view)

This is John Lawrence Kanazawa Jolley. John wants a change in America: all dams should be destroyed. He’s a cruising sailor, with a fowl crew. It’s all in The Shipping News.

A dark n stormy Tuesday morning, harbor view.

A pelican perches near Clancy’s Marina.

Sunrise over Whittaker Point, around 6a Saturday morning.

These are the pirate~esque rings of Captain Carl Cannon, pirate. Carl and his vessel Adventure visited the town dock recently. TownDock.net plundered aboard to get the story.