Bad Planning

Swansboro, NC
N 34 41.128 W 077 07.098

Yesterday I was guilty of all sorts of bad planning and fuzzy thinking. I thought that we could leave Oriental in the afternoon, anchor in Adams Creek overnight, then today go out to sea at Beaufort Inlet and sail to Masonboro Inlet. My excuse is that it was blowing hard yesterday, rather rough, and I was so relaxed sitting at the Oriental City dock.

We did leave in the early afternoon. Our son John and his family saw us depart on the web cam. Cool.

Well, I was wrong on all accounts. It was too far from Adams Creek to Beaufort Inlet to get an early start. The tidal currents were against us. The distance from Beaufort to Masonboro is longer than a day sail. Finally, the wind died today to almost zero. My plans were completely demolished.

No great harm so far. We stayed on the ICW and we are motoring toward Masonboro. It will take 2 days to get there. Tomorrow might be dicey because we have to pass two spots on the ICW where a lot of boats have been having a lot of trouble running aground. Watch tomorrow's blog to see how we did.

Depending on weather, we may stay on the inside all week long and go to Georgetown SC. That's a place we never visited and we hear that it is very nice.

By the way. We refueled yesterday. We used only 30 gallons of fuel since Block Island Rhode Island, nearly a month ago. That's pretty good considering the distance and the time.