The Adventure Continues on Tug LeeLoo!

Saturday, May 14 - So much has happened in the last 2 weeks!  We made our way to New Bern with LeeLoo successfully, stopping at Sloop Creek to anchor overnight and then Morehead City before we pulled in to New Bern Grand Marina where LeeLoo will stay.  We arrived in New Bern on Friday, May 6 and spent the next two days moving our belongings from LeeLoo into a rental car and cleaning her before we drove back to Ft. Pierce to Tug LeeLoo!  It was bittersweet to say goodbye to LeeLoo, but we will see her in three weekends when we stop in New Bern with Tug LeeLoo.

                                   LeeLoo's New Home At New Bern Grand Marina

We had planned to spend about a week in Ft. Pierce learning about Tug LeeLoo's features and systems, but our plans changed once again.  (The life of a Looper!)  Instead of spending a week in Ft. Pierce, we decided to start our cruise north to New Bern on Tug LeeLoo on Tuesday, May 10.  We are traveling with friends from 2 other Looper boats (Sum Escape and Grand Baron).  Since we haven't traveled with other Looper boats for a while, it fells great to have some traveling companions!

                                          Captain Carey In His New Pilothouse

                                               Tug LeeLoo And Her New Crew!

Our first night on Tug LeeLoo was at an anchorage.  We've anchored a lot on LeeLoo but we had to learn the ins and outs of anchoring on a larger boat.  Everything went well and the anchor held through the night.

Since the dinghy blocks the boat's name and hailing port on the transom, your options are to paint the name of the boat and hailing port on the bottom of the dinghy or to make a name banner that attaches to the upper railings.  We chose to have a banner made. It's important for boats (especially law enforcement vessels) that are following you to be able to radio you by name.   

                                                      Tug LeeLoo At Anchor

We are now in St. Augustine, still traveling with our Looper friends from Grand Baron.  Tonight we are staying at a marina so we were able to wash Tug LeeLoo and get some laundry done.  Tomorrow (May 15) we will continue cruising north and possibly anchor out again.  It will take us a couple of weeks to get to New Bern, but at least now we know where are the skinny water is since we did this trip on LeeLoo!