June 13, 2016 Mile Hammock Anchorage to Dudley's Marina

Monday June 13, 2016  Mile Hammock Anchorage to Dudley’s Marina.

 

Anchor up at 0900 with a little mud, nothing that a spray of water wouldn't fix and then headed in to the Camp Lejeune security zone. After a little maneuvering around markers we continued through the security zone and came out safely on the other side arriving at the marina in Swansboro.  This is a good Marina for 75 cents a foot, a little rock and rally during the day but hopefully will calm down at night.  Rode our bikes to lunch at the Swansboro Yacht club. It's not what you think-an adventure in dining. Food was excellent, beers were cheap, service was entertaining, and Sammy Joe, the waitress, wants to be a fighter pilot in the Marines. After a short cruise through town, we enjoyed a peaceful evening dockside.

 

 

This is the sign that welcomes you to the Camp Lejeune range.
Makes you want to keep your head down.

There were a number of these shot up vehicles across the
the ICW. We think they must be targets to give them
something to shoot at?

Some of our charming staff at the Yacht Club after I tapped
there keg of beer for them. You got to do, what you got to
do to keep the beer flowing

A beautiful sunset at Dudley's Marina, Swansboro, North Carolina

Dudley's is primarily a dry stack storage facility for smaller boats.
This building is stuffed with 3 levels of smaller boat put on racks with a fork lift.

Most marinas that do dry stack storage have a huge fork lift to
lift the boats out of the water. Dudley's has a different take on
it. They use this lift to get the boats up to dock level and that
allows them to use a much smaller fork lift. Different but works
just as well. That is our favorite dock hand, Cameron working on
the lift.

Dudley's was a marina on the water and a gas station on the
street. Very efficient. Great ships store with lots of fishing gear
and boat parts.

Coming off the docks with our friends and cruising buddies,
Pam and John from Short Vacation

A picture of historic Swansboro