I find myself wondering why the Pasquotank River is always hidden at the first view at Windy.com. The smaller rivers are there: from left the Perquimans, the Little River, and then the North River (faint grey) which is part of the ICW. It is only when zooming in for a closer look that the Pasquotank reveals itself.
Maybe I should be glad it is hidden, the less people know about it, the better. I enjoy the peaceful solitude down there. A look at next Monday shows 50° and wind less than 10 mph. Maybe I'll get down there for a sail out of Betsy Town.
You know that all your comments about the Pasquotank are severely tempting me to check it out? Even though it's a 3.5 hour haul for me over in the NC-RTP area. Some nice B&B'sin E-town, tempting to make a Springtime weekend of it.
ReplyDeleteHave you been up into the North River yet? Looks deserted (except for mosquitoes and bears).
Tom
I did sail one time on the North River, putting in at Coinjock for a short run south on the ICW and then turning north on the river. Beautiful. Felt like I was a thousand miles from anywhere. steve
ReplyDeleteTom, Broadcreek is a wonderful little estuary to anchor in. Hard to find, but very worth the effort. I'd be happy to send the coordinates we use to find it.
ReplyDeleteBroadcreek is off the western side of the North River.
ReplyDelete@Jim: Found it, thanks! Will check it out ONE day. Chart is showing 3-4 feet depth in the back section (the "T", almost looks like a small lake), not bad. And a "sticky" mud bottom, my favorite - I'll assume that anchor holding is no problem! ;-) Swimming, on the other hand....
ReplyDelete@Steve: The whole area looks wonderful. Looking forward to exploring. Although to be very honest, I'm still in the "walk before you run" state with my new (to me), old (1957) O'Day Daysailer. It's a deliberate step down from the 24-foot sloop we had before and the 36-footer before that, but a step up from the dinghys and Hobie Cats that I grew up on. It's just within the realm of possibility for camp-cruising, but one step at a time. For this year, besides more sailing on my local Piedmont lakes, I just hope to daysail out of Oriental, and hop up to Gwynn Island for a long weekend (LOVE the Piantank). But you've given me a ton of inspiration, starting with all that can be done with a simple Bivy Tent! Thank you.