Just Hangin'

We are just hanging around and doing some boat work at Northwest Creek marina near New Bern, North Carolina.

We were able to get four coats of Cetol on our exterior teak. We cleaned it up real good and put two coats of Cetol Natural Teak which has a little bit of color in it, and also two coats of the Cetol clear gloss. You wouldn't believe how the salt water corrodes the stainless steel. We used Collinite metal wax to go over all of our stainless steel to bring it back to its shiny glory. It took lots of rags and a couple of toothbrushes to get into all of the little nooks and crannies.

We have met many nice people that have there boats in slips next to us. Some we knew from the Bahamas. There are about 6 couples staying here that we met in the Exumas. A few of them have homes nearby.

We rented a car and drove up to Hampton to pick up our Expedition. It is good to have ground transportation. We have gone around the city of New Bern and are learning where things are, especially the good restaurants. Eventually we will travel out a little further. Next week we plan on going up to Raleigh. It is about a two hour drive from here.

We have several more boat projects to do and we need some more spare parts for the next cruising season so we will be working on that stuff. There is always something to do on the boat.