MV Salty Delivery Begins: Departure

The Lundy Charters Delivery team began the delivery of the MV Salty late last night. Captain Jim Baker, First Mate Chris Davis and Mate Wooten Jones arrived at Taylor Boatworks in Morehead City, NC at approximately 05:00 AM and began preparations for departure. Extremely low temperatures overnight made starting the Salty's engines very difficult. As the sun came up, temperatures began to climb and with the help of some ingenuity, a borrowed heat gun and some starting fluid Salty's engine was running by 11:45 AM.


After a brief stop to top off on diesel fuel in Morehead City, we began our journey north up the Intracoastal Waterway. We were escorted out of Morehead City by about 10 dolphins, porpoising alongside the vessel, a traditional sign of good luck for the voyage ahead.


This departure was particularly memorable for Arch Jones, accompanying the Lundy Charters team on this delivery, as he spent many days aboard the Salty as as camper at Camp Seagull from 1960-1965. Capt. Jim also logged numerous days on the Salty as a camper and counselor at Camp Seagull throughout the 1990s, so seeing The Outpost from aboard Salty brought back fond memories that the two shared as we left Morehead City behind.