Some drama befalls us
Thursday 9 Dec, Cape Fear NC to Brunswick GA, cruising day 12: Perfect downwind sailing. A mystery parachute flare. Near disaster with the mast vang and gooseneck fittings. A dolphin dancing show…
Thursday 9 Dec, Cape Fear NC to Brunswick GA, cruising day 12: Perfect downwind sailing. A mystery parachute flare. Near disaster with the mast vang and gooseneck fittings. A dolphin dancing show…
Wednesday 8 Dec, Depart Wrightsville Beach to St. Augustine, cruising day 11: Heavy rain. New membranes in watermaker. More leaks from above. Set off on next leg southbound. We wake up to…
Tuesday 7 Dec, Beaufort to Wrightsville Beach, cruising day 10: A thundering 65nm downwind sail. The plan was for an early start and try to make it all 400nm to St. Augustine…
Monday 6 Dec, Beaufort anchorage, cruising day 9: Visit CBP, shopping, lunch out with OCC port officer, run aground at anchor, run aground on way to fuel up, prepare for departure. It…
Sunday 5 Dec, Beaufort anchorage, cruising day 8: Tinkering in the engine room, and move into town in the evening. The wind continued to rise in the night, with gusts up to…
Saturday 4 Dec, Cape Lookout anchorage, cruising day 7: Salt washing, drone flights and re-anchoring. We wake to the 9am alarm. What an amazing sleep! Always the best after a passage, assuming…
Friday 3 Dec, Kitty Hawk NC to Cape Lookout anchorage, cruising day 6: Rounded Cape Hatteras at 09:04, then safe arrival to Cap Lookout anchorage, next to Beaufort NC. Another state south.…
Thursday 2 Dec, Deltaville VA to Kitty Hawk NC, cruising day 5: Departure from the Chesapeake and heading out into the big bad Atlantic. In December! 11am feels like a perfect departure…