NC Challenge 2010: First Wind on the Neuse

At the start of the NCC'10 we rowed for 8 hours before finding our first good wind halfway up the Neuse River.  Wind!  What a treat.  Glad to give the oars a rest.


First wind on the Neuse after much rowing



SOS at the helm.   On starboard tack.   SWof Oriental, NC



DWSB with Garmin chartplotter.  Oars still at the ready, but resting.



GPS track:  tacking on the Neuse and into the Harlowe waterway.
First wind began near the mouth of South River.   
First bridge at bottom left.

Southern Skimmer  overtaking us.



Southern Skimmer passing us.

We won the tacking battle with Moon Shadow.
Later that night in the Harlowe Canal  Moon Shadow rowed past us.

Passing Crazy Russian's famous inflatable catamaran in the mouth of Clubfoot Creek

Entering Clubfoot Creek just before sunset