Lambs Marina

Up at 7:00. We did not plan to leave until 10:00 AM to catch the 11:00 South Mills Creek lock down on to the Pasquotank River to Elizabeth City. Talked with Christine and Peter and got a tour of their very packed boat. This is their home, they don’t plan on taking it back to Canada. The also have a large very old dog.

Two boats left ahead of us while we were talking with Peter and Christine. We caught up to them in time to catch the lock. There was a lot of duck weed and other debris in the lock. It was a very slow process to get the boats in the lock and then very slowly lower them. Since the other boats were early waiting for the bridge before the lock to open, they had tied up to the adjacent walls. They waved us through first. Since we were the first boat in the lock, we were where most of the debris had collected.

 

South Mill Lock

Once we were on the Pasquotank river I call Lambs Marina for a reservation. Normally we stay on the free dock in downtown Elizabeth City, but I heard the dock might be full because t heweather has not been good to cross the Albermarle Sound. Two of the other boats in the lock at staying at Lambs, also. Lambs has recently opened a new restaurant that people working at the Visitors Center said was pretty good.

As we neared the entrance to Lambs Marina the engine started to over heat. Since we were in a wide section of river with little current I turned of the engine and checked out the intake water filter. It was clogged with duck weed, pine needles and other stuff. I assumed I picked that up in the last lock. Normally we leave the engine running in a lock, but I should of shut it down in this debris laden lock. We have not had a problem clogging the filter on our last three trips through here.

I call old Elizabeth City friends, Tim & Karen Askew, who were fellow Catalina 36 owners. We got together for dinner on one of out past trips through. They are home and available to meet us for Happy hour on our boat and dinner at Lambs. Before dinner they came for Happy Hour on our boat. It turns out that they had just recently sold their boat because they were not able to find the time to use it enough. With the pandemic their business, motorcycles, jet skis, etc. was very busy and doing very well. So well, that someone made them an offer for the business they could not refuse. Now they have the time, but no boat. They are currently in the market for a Catalina 38 and would like to head to the Bahamas themselves.

We have a table of nine for dinner at Lambs with old and new boating friends.

Lambs Marina

Linda, Mary, Ted, Renee, Peierre, Dominque, Karen, Tim