Short hop today
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…
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.…
Friday 29 Nov, passage Beaufort NC to Charleston SC, day 1. Alarm at normal time, no need for any ungodly wake up hour. The passage to Charleston is 200nm, so just over…
Thursday 28 Nov, Beaufort NC, day 2: Walk around the town and celebrating US Thanksgiving with Dianne. As we awake, the wind has swung to the north and abated, as forecasted. Several…
Wednesday 27 Nov, Beaufort NC, day 1: Move Cloudy from anchorage to dock, wander the pretty town then just relax, for once. Lovely peaceful sleep at anchor in Taylors Creek, directly opposite…