Tricky Spots on the N. Carolina ICW. Beaufort, Wrightsville and Southport. E162

[@brilesmedia]

Thanks for the video. I got homesick as I was raised in Southport..

[@bobby-ov9qn]

Southport hasn’t changed a whole lot in the past few years, but it is scheduled for a large housing development. We are hoping that it doesn’t get out of control and spoil our unique town.

[@karaDee2363]

Love your channel, probably because you're my kind of people..❤️. And that you give very good advice and practical knowledge.. Hopefully we will meet up someday, somewhere..🍹🍸🍹🥂🍾

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thank you. We try to be informative. If you are ever in Philly, look us up. Or if we pass through!

[@raychilcote5558]

My neck of the water. Lived in Swansboro. Drove the Hammocks Beach State Park ferry for several years. In fact, headed down there tomorrow (but on land:-().

[@dougbrisotti4960]

Thanks Ed and Lyn for mentioning the Grayson Cooper Adventures! So great spending time with you guys. See you soon!

[@neilllaney6061]

planning to check them out. Wilmington native with trailer sailor.

[@abguy4]

Perfect timing~! Ed an lovely Lyn let us in on their trip, sum moor. Always nice to see a new vid from this marvelous couple on a Fri nite, with a martini in hand. Thanks guys.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Our pleasure! We were drinking martinis as well!

[@donnyjosker1980]

Awww I wish I knew you two were here in my neck of the coast during that time or anytime for that matter I would love to join you two on ship and help you with all the duties and just embrace that life style .I am a disabled combat vet and live in the area .I love our coast and all its treasures.. we'll you two I hope you have many great times aboard your beautiful boat .

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We always enjoy cruising in your area. Lots of cool towns to explore.

[@donnyjosker1980]

@@tryingnottosink9107 well we enjoy having you all here ,and are always welcomed .hope you guys are having a beautiful time on your adventures .

[@ronhaworth5471]

We live right by Taylor creek, Beaufort N.C. Beautiful place to live!!

[@JohnBraman413]

that cruisers yacht was pretty nice.

[@wcguthrie]

I love that Southern North Carolina coast. Watching your great video took me back to spending summers there in the 60's. I could almost smell the "Sea and Ski"

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Shoultes]

I'm five minutes into my 1st video on this channel and I can already tell I'll be watching all y'all's stuff.this channel is gonna be a million plus before long.great content great editing and just really enjoyable.not to mention I'm in NC about two hours from coast.

[@festerofest4374]

Missing Snow's Cut ---- @ 6:20 ! That was very worthy of that double Roger Out right there -- YAY!! Continued smooth motoring to the two of you.... the journey is looking great!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Happy to miss the shoal this year! Cheers!

[@lovingcars]

Lyn is a good first mate, as well you a Captain sir.

[@jennywilson5166]

Great video. We live in Beaufort and just did this trip to Southport in our 23’ center console a few days ago. Thanks for the book and author recommendation. Will look up the series.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks. We love Beaufort!

[@ericmitchell5350]

nice work getting to that Wrightsville bridge! gotta love when a plan comes together!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

It sure is!

[@ironichumorist]

Thanks for the tip on the Grayson Cooper books. They are included with my kindle subscription so I don't even have to have them shipped to Tokyo. Cheers!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

You are so welcome!

[@guy_land_designer]

My wife and I are retiring next year and moving to the boat life. Just found your channel today and am really enjoying it. Looks like we'll be getting a 68' flybridge and aim to be touring the coast line and all of the Caribbean. See you on the water!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Best of luck! We love it. We are semi retired and spend about half the year on the boat.

[@guy_land_designer]

@@tryingnottosink9107 would love to see a top10 video from you guys of your favorite spots to visit on your travels.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

That is a good idea for a future video. Thanks.

[@redman2751]

Very cool. This is my home town. Wrightsville Beach. We go down to southport all the time and grab food, usually from provision company though.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We go there fro dinks and food as well.

[@CoryH-ro2ky]

i spend alot of time in swansboro and wrightsville and wilmington areas. awesome places. i fish snows cut and the carolina beach state park @7:37 that looks like carolina beach marina

[@tryingnottosink9107]

It is a very nice area!

[@JScott-pt6hm]

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Cheers!

[@Meandmy2Vs]

Ah yes! I made myself a golden margarita tonight for a mid summer cocktail hour. Just in time to get the bell notification for Trying Not To Sink. I enjoy your videos! Cheers to you two seafaring voyagers! Safe travels and Roger out!!😎❤🍹⛴

[@tryingnottosink9107]

A margarita sounds good. I think that will be tonight's drink!

[@mvconcorde5243]

Ed, you and Lyn make it look so easy! Glad to see you out on the water, enjoying yourselves. Smooth sailing my friends!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks for joining us!

[@JKBreton]

love your channel- thanks for sharing your journey with us. Will have to meet when we finally move to our SC home (HHI) in summer 2023.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Great. Thanks for watching!

[@roadboat9216]

Very nice, thanks! We have done the intercostal a few times. We anchor a lot of the way but enjoy marinas too. Too bad Georgia has gotten so unfriendly for anchoring. Just to spite we do our best to go on the outside here and skip Georgia. The only place we ran aground was behind Jekyll Island. Mid tide rising in center channel. Got off on a rising tide. A Local came by and told us the the channel shifts a lot and they haven’t been keeping the buoys up to date. Will look for the next part and subscribe.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks for subscribing. There are so few places to get a marina in Georgia, that is close to the ocean. We skip most of it for that reason.

[@roadboat9216]

@@tryingnottosink9107 And few to anchor. Yes skip if possible. They are “cutting there nose off “. Their loss.

[@alyssonmanson8912]

cheers it is 5 we found the best boat to party with -xxx the hillbillies

[@CaptainJack-Marshall]

Sorry we missed y’all this year. So glad you got to spend time in our neck of the ICW - at Beaufort, Wrightsville and Southport NC. Yes we do have tight places but taking you time pays off with a no call to towing service. Enjoyed riding with y’all through your video. Hope to see y’all again one day. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We always enjoy that part of the trip. Sorry we missed you this year. We are keeping the boat in Florida now and won't be passing through for some time.

[@viperscratchoffs]

Fun video as always my friends can't wait for the next one 🙋👻

[@tryingnottosink9107]

More to come! In about a week.

[@rikspector]

Thank you for the Author tip. my favorite water stories were Crunch and Des ones in the Saturday Evening Post back in the fifties. I spent many many weekends out on the waters from Sandy Hook down to Barnegat fishing with my friend, no big boat ,just a sturdy Hull. We've been out a few times on Bellingham Bay, WA. heading south toward Port Townsend, Washington, Shrimp and Crab fishing and just enjoying the ride, But there's something special about my Eastern routes(roots):) I am so happy I discovered both of you. Cheers, Rik Spector

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks for joining us on the adventure. We haven't done the Jersey sure on the Hatteras but visited many times on our Carver.

[@rikspector]

@@tryingnottosink9107 thanks for getting back to me 👍

[@edwardc.3710]

Liar , Liar pants on fire !! , in a bar an not much to drink ,and forgot the Amex card 🤣🤣!! Looking good on the scooter! Conway

[@tryingnottosink9107]

😁😁😁

[@edwardc.3710]

Great video as always , I real like the short ones. If you get back to Wrightsville, check out Dockside and Southbeach , very good. The scenery is very nice down there 😜 lots of wigglers!

[@mikem8475]

Thats the frying pan restaurant. Craig runs a great place there to eat and pass the time!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We always stop there when in town!

[@mikem8475]

Next time you’re there in southport stop by gourmet to go and get food. Its right down the road. Its not a eat in restaurant but its very delicious!

[@moore2522]

Sorry we missed you guys! Just saw your video-we're at Port City Marina in Wilmington. Would have loved to meet in person. Your ICW experience is invaluable.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Next time! We are back in Philly. We are slow at editing.

[@frankcherry3810]

My home, Wrightsville beach. Hello from Thailand

[@tryingnottosink9107]

A frequent stop for us!

[@dirtyoldfarmhand3]

Awesome

[@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944]

Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦

[@jwwj30]

Enjoyed meeting Colette & Bart and viewing their beautiful boat. What happened to their little dog, no screen time?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

He wanted a large fee for a personal appearance! 😁😁😁

[@jwwj30]

@@tryingnottosink9107 They usually do. My little girl won't take anything less than 3 chicken jerky treats.

[@edwardhartman8575]

When you wash down, are you using marina water? Is it metered? Do you fill water every marina? Is it normal to dump grey water en route? Lastly, howse about a hippie hair pic from 2019? On the hard, Ed

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Yes, we are using marina water and it is included in the United States. We fill up our holding tanks when we know we will be anchoring for more that a day or two. Gray water can go overboard. You need to be 3 miles out to dump black water, but we always use a pump out at the marinas or fuel docks.

[@tomgarrett6799]

Went by our house!

[@r390radio]

Nice Wish I could do this

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Find a way and meet us on the water!

[@jakemaher6076]

I run a 42 Jarrett bay, under light power I steer the vessel with the motors not the rudders, just curious if your boat handles better operating the wheel

[@tryingnottosink9107]

That is what we do when docking. It is not as responsive as our 35" Carver but I got used to the delay. Sometimes I use both wheel and engines.

[@beechvflyer]

Can you tell me again the author (he might use a pen name?) and books (titles or the series name) that Doug writes? Thanks! I live for your posts!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

www.douglasbrisotti.com/

[@swampogre9778]

Do you think Ed knows he has a mouse clinging to his neck?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

😁😁😁

[@BobEstler]

Do you ever use the Bob423 tracks?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

No. Not yet. We did use Aqua Maps on this past trip though.

[@bayardtaylor2990]

Roger out

[@Happ465]

You probably don’t even know what the tide is doing. LOL! I wouldn’t want to be on your boat.

[@bidask123]

I bet riding that electric scooter after days of boating through high seas is not a good idea.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

An even worse idea after a couple rum-runners (look for that in a future video)!

[@seib6324]

It is pronounced B U ford