South East Gathering??

[Julian]

@Stacey in SC @andy07sx230ho and the rest of the SE crew.....so how about a SE gathering? Andy and I met up at Lake Murray last year....we need to plan better for this year. I'll be driving to the Midwest Gathering end of July....so that weekend is out....(yes I'm nuts).

Post up your thoughts and start @ ing SE candidates!

 

[Andy S]

I am interested, hopefully the choosen weekend works for us.

One trip my brother-in-law and I have been talking about for a while is a ride from Lake Marion, SC (near I-95) down to Charleston. Then spend a couple of days running around Charleston and on the last day come back up the river.

I have not done the trip in years, last time we left from east/south of I-95. If I do this again I will definitely have to some new logisitics planning.

Here is a video of the Pinopolis Lock,

 

[Julian]

@waterboy @camsbored @justason @96Pirate @Chadrock @DieselCamel we could even have a Raleigh gathering!

 

[Kevin404]

I'd be up for a Raleigh gathering if schedule allows.

 

[DieselCamel]

I'm definitely down if this crazy weather ever breaks.. I work every other weekend. If it falls on one of my free weekends.

 

[Julian]

@bigwoo and @pedaplirate You guys are close too....we could do an intercoastal meet up near Scotts Hill Marina....

 

[redthumper9]

If scheduling allowed, I could possibly do Raleigh or Scotts Hill.

 

[bigwoo]

I'm just hoping for better weather this year. A meet up some where in NC,SC GA or TN sounds good. Would love to make the trip to Bimini some day .

 

[Julian]

Any if the Raleigh (non-coastal) folks interested in an Inter-coastal meeting?

 

[justason]

Hello All-y-alls !! I am interested. My dates consumed are Bimini 2014 end of June....My kids start school mid August, but I could ditch 'em !..High impact weekends like 4th of July are fugly to me.

I up for anything, specially trip to SC, A state I have not conquered waters in. I like the Charleston idea ALLOT! . Can we get to the ship graveyard area ?
@Tollus mentioned Lake Keowee, SC on the trailer thread......I've bookmarked that and have put a real interest on it as an attractive future vacation spot.

As for a Raleigh gathering I'd enjoy learning more on the inter-coastal area, I'm thinking @Julian is referring to the greater Wilmington area?. Does the inter-coastal there allow boats at speed, this no-wake sh*t kills me !?!As a family we have been talking about doing the oceanfront of NC and little river this year. Not ideal for a gather-up due to limited area. I have not done the Wilmington area and its rivers.

(kinda looks like I found the emoticons button today)..

 

[Julian]

Wilmington is primarily no wake around the Bridge to Wrightsville beach. We've done this trip twice now. Put in at Scotts Hill Marina, cruise down to the bridge and beyond, anchor up on an island and hang out. Then back through the bridge area, stop for lunch at Blue Water, then cruise north and hang out at a sand bar.

We've also gone up the Cape Fear up to the Battleship North Carolina, had lunch there on the river, and back.

These are photos from Near Scotts Hill Marina on a sandbar
https://www.facebook.com/julianm1/media_set?set=a.3867637261125.154621.1584386227&type=3

Disappearing island near Scotts Hill (Rich Inlet)

Battleship North Carolina


Cranes on the Cape Fear:

 

[Kevin404]

Any if the Raleigh (non-coastal) folks interested in an Inter-coastal meeting?

I'd have to pass. I try to see family when I travel; I have family in Raleigh area so would meet up there if dates work out. Otherwise I'd meet up in north Georgia / somewhere more local to me.

Selfish suggestion = meetup @ Lake Lanier for the Pirate Poker Run - July 17-20. The usual course of events is
- Thursday is when most out of towners come in and get their boats wet
- Friday there is a raft up on the lake during the day and a mandatory captains party at night at Holiday Marina
- Saturday is the actual poker run with card stops open in the morning, cigarette boat launch from the south end dam to run the lake north in late morning, and Saturday night is the after party at Sunset Cove with music, prizes, and fireworks.
- Sunday is go home day

http://piratesoflanierpokerrun.com/index.php

 

[waterboy]

Guys,
Would love to do something, however... other than the Bimini trip that I was able to set up, our summer is on hold. I have 1 daughter in college that will be working all summer full time, and my 2nd starts at UNC in the fall. With all the college stuff and work stuff for the girls, who know s what we will do as a family this year (same as last summer for us). We will be doing lots of weekends. If something works out, I will push hard to get involved. I would love to go to the coast with the boat, but we'll have to wait and see...

OK, so there's the long story. Short story... set something up and if I can do it, I will.

 

[Julian]

How about the weekend of July 12th?

 

[redthumper9]

I'm in the Morehead City/Beaufort NC area as I am typing this, scoping out the public docks and restaurants for some our boating endeavors this summer........warm weather can't get here soon enough.

 

[Tollus]

Hello All-y-alls !! I am interested. My dates consumed are Bimini 2014 end of June....My kids start school mid August, but I could ditch 'em !..High impact weekends like 4th of July are fugly to me.

I up for anything, specially trip to SC, A state I have not conquered waters in. I like the Charleston idea ALLOT! . Can we get to the ship graveyard area ?
@Tollus mentioned Lake Keowee, SC on the trailer thread......I've bookmarked that and have put a real interest on it as an attractive future vacation spot.

As for a Raleigh gathering I'd enjoy learning more on the inter-coastal area, I'm thinking @Julian is referring to the greater Wilmington area?. Does the inter-coastal there allow boats at speed, this no-wake sh*t kills me !?!As a family we have been talking about doing the oceanfront of NC and little river this year. Not ideal for a gather-up due to limited area. I have not done the Wilmington area and its rivers.

(kinda looks like I found the emoticons button today)..

Lake Keowee is an awesome lake. Very deep and very clear. I can float with my feet straight down, look down and see them clearly. Maybe that's more common than I'm aware, but Lake Anna and the Potomac have about a 12inch visibility....lol. I can watch a prop boat pull off and see the prop spin up....it's pretty cool. Up in the mountains too, in fact, my avatar is from a picture I took there.

 

[justason]

Guys,
Would love to do something, however... other than the Bimini trip that I was able to set up, our summer is on hold. I have 1 daughter in college that will be working all summer full time, and my 2nd starts at UNC in the fall. With all the college stuff and work stuff for the girls, who know s what we will do as a family this year (same as last summer for us). We will be doing lots of weekends. If something works out, I will push hard to get involved. I would love to go to the coast with the boat, but we'll have to wait and see...

OK, so there's the long story. Short story... set something up and if I can do it, I will.

I'm assuming this is a weekend thingie. My spouse doesn't have the vacation balance for anything substantial. We could arrive on a friday night, head back sunday kind of deal

Our July 12th is open !

 

[Andy S]

July 12th weekend works for us too.

 

[96Pirate]

Well, I'm still freaking boatless but if I had one I would love to meet up sometime. I would say a boat is pretty important!

 

[rkluck]

We would be interested. We have many things going on so once there is a date and a place I can figure out how and if we can make it. I know Savannah Ga. has a lot of fun things to do. It has been years for me now but there are several nice islands (both in SC and GA) near the coast to visit. Some are wildlife refuges. Lots if large intercostal rivers and you can ride up past Riverfront to the docks if so inclined.