Casper Marina to Oriental Anchorage

We departed Casper Marina shortly after 9 bound for Oriental.  We passed through Bogue Inlet without any difficulty.  We still needed a pump-out and pulled into the Portside Marina right next to the very large State Port Terminal in Morehead City.  The Portside Marina is a rack-and-stack facility with a fuel dock that is barely as long as Foreign Affair.  The pump-out station was very conveniently located at the fuel dock and it took us less than 30 minutes to take on fuel and pump-out both Foreign Affair and Enough.  Soon, we were once again on our way to Oriental.  It started raining as soon as we left the dock and continued to do so for about an hour.  We donned our wet weather gear and stayed dry and warm.

Man Clamming

We arrived at Oriental at about 1700.  The winds were picking up and rain clouds were quickly heading our way.  We were able to get the anchor down just before the rains and strong winds hit us. It rained hard and the winds were in the mid-teens with occasional gusts in the twenties.  We stayed below and made supper.  The rain stopped and everything started to settle down a bit just before dark. We spent a quiet night in the anchorage which was a little rolly.  Frank and Carol on Hakuna Matata were in a slip at Oriental.  However, we did not get together due to the weather.