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August 09, 2005
N34.4 W76.4 Beaufort, North Carolina
We left Charleston, SC at 7am and sailed across Long Bay, the offshore bay of South and North Carolina toward Cape Fear. We turned the corner at Cape Fear at 2am and the wind completely died. We started watching the thunderstorms streaming in from the ocean. We motor-sailed the rest of the way to Beaufort, and arrived at low tide to a horrifying shallow entrance to the channel to the marina. YIKES! We finally tied up around 5pm and felt completely busted.
Glad to be here, they gave us 6 wooden tokens for draft beer. We barely managed one before we decided it was time for R&R. Platina is covered in salt from rough seas on our voyage, but her scrub down will wait for another day.
Just north of Cape Fear, and protected under the cover of Cape Lookout, many sailors wait here in Beaufort for weather before venturing out around Cape Hatteras on their journey for the Chesapeake Bay. Or alternatively, heading south, they tuck into Beaufort for R&R. The sailing community is awesome. The Maritime Museum sells charts and nautical guides. The coffee shop across from the marina has a book exchange - take one, leave one. They have cozy couches with sailing magazines, so comfy you hardly want to leave. It reminds us of the Caribbean Islands a bit. We will definitely come back.
Posted by dave at August 9, 2005 07:08 PM