McCraw Sails

Time for the annual SCOO (Sailing Club Of Oriental) trip to Ocracoke. Perfect weather for a quick motor/sail over. The obligatory ferry ...

I know, not sailing related..... We celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary with a nice dinner out at a new place in Pittsboro.  Then a co...

After 6 months away, there is a good bit of yard work that needs to be taken care of.  So I pull out socks and shoes....and realize that t...

We had a pleasant mountain visit this Mother's Day weekend. We stayed overnight with my sweet sister-in-law and brother.....they had a...

Strange to be back on land!! It's all so green and the trees are so tall!! On our way to Asheville for a mother's day visit.

Our last Bahamian sunrise for this season!! The last little islet of the Grand Cays on our northbound journey. I won't go i...

We're approaching the Beaufort, NC inlet at about 11AM on Thursday the 9th of May.  Still have to clear U.S. Customs.  Will post more ...

UPDATE AFTER I WROTE THIS POST:  We are leaving Grand Cay at 8AM -  and will head straight for Beaufort, NC instead of following the Gulf St...

We had a lovely no-engine sail about 38 miles over to Grand Cay.  This will be our jump-off spot for the sail back to Oriental , probably to...

Started the day rainy again..... Took a little shortcut across a "sand bore".  The water was really spectacular!  We saw jus...

Finally found some sunshine!!  On our way to a small settlement called Foxtown.  Weather looks decent for a Gulf Stream crossing starting Mo...

Still stormy out there!  Since there was not much else to do while at anchor, I decided it was time to address some the "brightwork...