We got a late start today for a couple of reasons, the most compelling reason being that we had to visit two separate West Marine stores to replace a defective man overboard beacon.
However, one forty in the afternoon saw us heading out. Bob let me get some practice by taking the Black Dog out from the marina. It wasn't perfect, but there was no major incident.
Once we cleared Fort Sumter, rhe wind at the waves picked up. While this was expected, how cold it was came as bit of a surprise. I should mention here that there was a theft on the boat a couple of months back. We initially thought that only some canned goods were purloined, but we discovered today that Bill and I lost some foul weather gear as part of that deal. Not what you want to find out on a cold, windy sea.
Our original plan was to do an overnight to Savanah, however we opted to change our plans and had a very pleasant sail to an achorage off of Seabrook Island. As that afternoon wore on the wind settled down, and the seas were less choppy off shore.
Bill fixed us a good hot meal, and tomorrow we'll set out for Beaufort. The predictions for the sea looks very pleasant, and we should have a great sail.
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