Log #59 - Lawnes Creek Overnight, Saturday, July 16, 2011

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This creek has been on my "To Do" list for a very long time. The chart showed a sandbar at the mouth of the creek so I always avoided it. But, I finally decided I needed to do this creek. So I loosened the daggerboard hold downs and creeped in. It wasn't bad at all. This creek is beautiful and is a very nice stopping point if you are going up the James. Enjoyed this creek very much.


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I caught about six crabs and it was just relaxing doing that. They were tasty too!

 

The first two pictures are from a quick day sail I took earlier. I thought bird looked pretty cool.

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This think came up on us very fast. Didn't know what it was. Looked more like a bus than a pontoon boat. Guess this is a true on the water camper.

 

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You can see the two foot water at the entrance to the creek. But, I didn't have any problems getting in or out.

 

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In the creek. You can see that it is beautiful.

 

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Heading out on the back side of the "Ghost Fleet". It is definitely smaller but there are still quite a few ships left.

 

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We toured the shore line of Burrels Bay. The cruising guide says this is a good anchorage. Not for me. Too unprotected and too many power boats.

 

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There were some interesting clouds. I thought this looked like a turtle.

 

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This one reminded me of underdog.

 

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This one looked like Dumbo.

 

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Green was the route in. Red the way home.

 

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The complex to the north west of the creek, just south of Hog Island is the Surry Nuclear power plant.

 
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