Dreamtime’s Distant Cousin…

14 November, 2016 – Morehead City, NC

We are still in Morehead City, NC and waiting for good weather to go offshore.  We had planned for a Sunday departure, but all the weather models finally converged on unfavorable conditions.  The wind howled over the weekend, and last night steady rain was added to the mix .

Tomorrow is looking good for our planned 24 hour passage to Bald Head Island, NC (near Southport) so hopefully the next post will be written from there.

In the meantime, we have watched and helped a number of different boats come and go to this marina.  Today we just helped an old Bayfield 32 (Hull # 71) dock in the slip next to ours.

Bayfields were designed by Ted Gozzard before he sold his interest in 1981 and started his own company building Gozzard Yachts.

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You can still see many similarities in the design particulars the Gozzard yacht still includes, such as the scroll work and clipper bow that makes the Gozzard such a distinctive boat.

It’s good to know Ted’s earlier designs have held up well and have stood the test of time.  This bodes well for Dreamtime to carry us safely into the future.