A little swashbuckling trip!

Here we go, another timely post! All of you have probably thought that we've sailed off into the sunset or the depths of the ocean on "mulligan". Wrong! But, we did make it down to see the Tall Ships in Beaufort on July 3rd with about 30,000 of our closet non-friends. Here's a few photos of the adventure. Really, it was a great trip. We decided to take a boat ride out to Cape Lookout and around the harbour to view the tall ships as opposed to paying forty bucks each to board a couple of the ships. Afterwards, we were glad that we did, the lines to board the ships were 2 1/2 hours long and they actually turned some ticket holders away because of overcrowding. The boat ride turned out ot be much more fun, even though we got soaked to the bone. Hope you enjoy the photos, we enjoyed making them! It was great fun!

Tall Ship heading out of the inlet at Fort Macon to the race. To add a little perspective for size, the fishing boat behind it is a 36 footer. 

One of the Tall Ships heading out to the race. 

Coast Guard bouy tender heading out of the inlet at Fort Macon. The "coasties" were allowed to take their families with them to watch the Tall Ship race.

Stern view of the Brazilian ship and the Virginia docked in the Morehead City port. Photo was taken from the Lookout express. 

Port side of the "Virginia". 

Brazilian Tall Ship. 

Port side of the 292 ft. Brazilian Tall Ship. One of the ships you could board for a mere $40 per person. We opted for a harbour cruise. 

The inlet near Fort Macon with some of the boats coming in from the race. 

The harbour at Beaufort. 

We're thinking about trading "mulligan", our sailboat, on a little powerboat upgrade. 

This is the boat we took to Cape Lookout and to view the Tall Ships. The Captian told us we would get soaked, we didn't believe him, he wasn't joking! We got drenched, as if we had jumped in a pool with our clothes on.

Grammer before the wet ride. 

Skipper of the Lookout Express, he's biting his lip to keep from laughing at us.

About an hour after the ride on the Lookout Express, if you look close you can see we're still wet.