Been a long three days but we are making way once again.
Met some great folks from Ontario, Canada hobnobbing around in a 46 Kady Krogen. Gorgeous boat that we had a pot luck on 13th and dinner at Georgies on the 12th. The wind was howling on the night of the 13rh, over 40kts at 0400.. Yeow. A 45 foot sailboat came in with all hands frozen stiff. I did get the sea king working and I am amazed how it can lock on to a signal and not drop it.
Jan 14th we motored from Belhaven to Morehead City, NC. We slowed to a stop 3 times as the ICW is really shoal in many spots. I am getting really good at backing up.
A duck blind in the ICW going from Moreshead to Wrightsville Beach.
Pulled into Wrightsville Beach SeaPath Yacht club and was able to use the courtesy car to get groceries, west marine run and a hardware store. Only slowed once today.. Marine patrol said I was going a little fast past the boat launch and he was right. Did not see the ramp till we were on it. Gave him the first timers excuse and it worked pretty wells. In any case we are off to South Caroling tomorrow. 80 miles pre day is pretty taxing as you have at most 10 hours per day to motor. We cruise at 9-10 kts. We will see how it goes as Molly gets a little anxious every time we slow down. We are experiencing a lot of current as we go through sounds and Estuaries. Tides are still pretty minimal as far as Seattle tides are but in Georgia they increase considerably (9ft) and then fade back on going into Florida. We will see.
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