As you can see, Water Dancer is rafted to Palmetto Moon in the background with Sue and Jim, and Jim and Su wearing our EMS Yacht Club T-shirts. EMS could stand for the EMS Shelter we lived in last summer in Palatine Bridge, NY; however, it really stands for Evacuated Motor & Sail.

On Tuesday, August 7, Jim and I left Oriental, NC and headed south to Myrtle Beach, SC with stops in Swansboro (had dinner with Brenda and Geoff), Masonboro, and St. James (had dinner at Joseph's, a great Italian restaurant, with two couples who keep their trawlers there). On Sunday, August 12, we docked at Marina at Grande Dunes, a great facility with several restaurants, laundry, small continental breakfast daily for boaters, daily newspaper, an outdoor pool, fitness center, and very friendly staff.