Another encounter with the Pinta and the Nina 35◦31'.938N 076◦36'.844

Well it appears as though the Pinta and the Nina are following us! This is the 4^th Marina we find ourselves in with them, starting from way back in Illinois!

This time however, we were here first!

And instead of us visiting the ship, we had Cody from the crew visiting our boat! Quite the turn of events.

We found out a few things about the two sister ships, first of all, our ship is older than both of these replicas. That was disconcerting!

The cool detail we found out was that the Nina was built by the same family that built the original ship, using the same technology as the original build as well. This is the 8^th Generation of Portuguese boat builders. This particular replica was built in 1991.

Anyway, we are now in Belhaven NC and it is a cute little town, similar to every other cute little town we have been in. The Hardware store has been here since 1938 selling traditional hardware! We did not go into the store, but maybe they have those old handles I have been trying to locate since we bought the boat!

The Marina we are at, is under new ownership and Henry greeted us very cordially. They are doing extensive renovations here and I'm sure it will look fantastic when they are done. 

We are now full of fuel and off to Alligator river for tonight. Not sure if we will have internet there, it's been pretty spotty lately. If you do not see a blog tonight, don't worry, we will blog the next day I promise.

Have a great day y'all