We made it!!! After a miserable, cold and wet morning yesterday, the day gave way to sunny skies. However, the temperature stayed in the high 40's. The course we needed to take once we left Cape Fear was more southwest than just south. Of course, the wind decided to stay southwest as well. It was predicted to come from the West and then NW. Well, that never happened. So for a few hours we had to sail due south and away from our rump line and the shore. Michele was not one bit happy! I know it makes us go faster and in the long run probably quicker if we head in a direction off the wind. However, Michele was having none of that! She couldn't see the shore, and didn't like it one bit. Plus, we were beating into 3 to 4 foot seas which slowed us down quite a bit and made the ride very bumpy. So, it sure didn't seem like going away from our rump line was going to get us anywhere quicker. After a while of seeing how miserable Michele was, Steve started the engine and we motor-sailed closer to our rump line. After putting on a few more layers of clothes and having a bite to eat, Michele calmed down and was able to do the first watch starting at 1630 until midnight. Steve took over after that, and stayd up until 0600. It was a long nght, but we finally arrived in Charleston, SC by 10:00 a.m.
After hot showers and a nice sunny day, we are feeling pretty darn good. We're going ashore this afternoon, since we haven't been off the boat since last Friday! We're also hooking up with our friends from Rapscallion II later on. We plan to stay in Charleston for a couple of days before heading out to Beaufort, SC on Friday. That's all for now.
2 comments:
I am glad you arrived in Charleston. We really liked that city when we drove through it last winter. Where are you staying? We would like to know for our trip next winter.
Enjoy the city.
Barbara
We had the same amount of "fun" whenwe left Cape Fear for Charleston - confused seas, high winds what a blast. Make sure that you check out the market in downtown and you might like to go to the aquarium. If you are going ICW to Beauford watch out for choaling between 209 and 210 just before you get there and plan to arrive at the Ladys Island Bridge at 1000 or 1400 or plan to anchor overnight.
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