June 9, 2012 Georgetown & June 12 Beaufort, NC

Lots of fishing tournaments! While we were waiting for a weather window to sail from Georgetown , S. C. to Beaufort, N. C.we watched many happy fishermen bring in their prize catches. The fish for the day was dolphin. Below is  a sample of the fish we saw coming onto the Georgetown docks to be weighed in.

Below crowds hovered around the weigh in to see who got the prize catch!

Jabberwocky tied up to the almost empty docks as the fishermen had already headed off shore to test their luck for catching the prize winning dolphin! See the alligator warning sign in the foreground, thank goodness we didn't see any around the docks!

On Sunday, June 10th, we had a bumpy 26 hour sail from Georgetown to Beaufort. After catching up on our sleep we had a pleasant walk on the boardwalk along Beaufort city docks. See the empty docks! Another fishing tournament going on-this time off-shore of Beaufort-for blue marlin. That evening we heard that there was a 499.3 pound blue marlin caught off shore The fishermen were a hair off of the Division prize of $250,000 for a 500 lb marlin.They still have a chance to hit a big winner prize during the week long tournament with a total purse of over $1,000,000. This is serious fishing.

Below is a boat building museum with volunteers making these beautiful wooden boats. It is a pleasure watching the skills these volunteers have in cutting, bending and putting these lovely boats together piece by piece. 

A memorial to Captain Smith, born in Beaufort,  a NASA astronaut who piloted the ill-fated Challenger in 1986.

Always a pleasure to walk around the town of Beaufort along the streets of Ginger-Bread houses.

On Tuesday, the 12th,  spent the day browsing through the tourist shops, had lunch on the boardwalk, and picked up some fresh bakery goodies for breakfast.

Currently, we are staying in The Town Creek Marina. Below in front of our docks we watched  a day-sailing race . The kids seemed be be having a great time as they skirted around the sailing mark. 

Time to go aboard with bakery goodies in hand! It is always a challenge with small finger floating docks. Good thing those wooden steps are there for me to get up and onto the boat!