Somtimes You Don't

At Sea
32 40.41 N 079 50.06 W

I't been slow going yesterday and today. We made only 120 miles/day and more than half the time we had to motor. Further, an easterly sea swell has come up and there's not enough wind to stabilize us. The boat is rocking and rolling a lot. Oh well, only 4 miles to go until we turn in to Charleston, SC harbor.

We could continue though tonight but, tomorrow morning a cold front will pass and we intend to be very cautious with Carolina cold fronts this month. We'll anchor near the ICW north of Charleston.

I guess I'm in a funk because my mind is filled with memories of last year's passage in these same waters. We left the Saint Johns River in Florida at noon, and 22 hours later we passed Charleston. That was our only 180 mile day.

The AIS was very useful last night. We encountered lots of ship traffic last night as we passed the Savannah River. None of them came closer than 3 miles to us, but without the AIS I would have been nervous about several of them.

News: We have a solution to where to leave the boat when we go to Raleigh. We rented a slip at the Hilton Hotel in New Bern for a month. The rate was very favorable, less than the fee for a mooring in Marathon. It is cheap enough that we won't feel obligated to stay the whole month. We should be able to do day sailing on the Nuesse River, hopefully with Dave and Cathy.