Stuck in the mud | Evergreen's Log

June 6th- Calabash Creek, SC to Pipeline Canal Basin/ Southport, NC

Oliver is not a big fan of Calabash Creek. The shoreline is all oyster shells. He doesn’t like walking on them. Today we crossed back into North Carolina. Being a Saturday, the small boat and PWC traffic was prodigious. It reminded us of South Florida.

We would not have a favorable current up the Cape Fear river until after 5:30pm. We decided to anchor near Southport so we could head up the river early in the morning. I found a spot called the Pipeline Canal Basin. The name is self explanatory but it is in a park with beaches and a boat ramp. We made it through the shallow entrance to the supposedly deeper basin. We hit ground. We backed off, tried another spot and hit ground again. Third try – hit ground again. This time we were particularly stuck. I dropped the anchor and brought Ollie to shore. It’s low tide and we are stuck in the mud. When the tide comes back in we should be floating again. We’ll stay here for the night. I might move Catalpa when we’re floating or we might just stay in this spot. The tide will be rising again in the morning.

Some scenes from the Pipeline Basin.