I think we were more tired that we thought yesterday. We are slept in, but it felt great. And after a breakfast of French toast prepared by Bill, we felt like new men.
We raised anchor at 10:40, and headed back out to sea, for our new destination...Beaufort.
An interesting note is that we saw a sunken sailboat on they way out. All that was visible was the master, and a tiny corner of the jib peaking up of of the water. The operating theory is the their captain ran out of gin, and then mutinied. We encouraged Bob to take this as a cautionary tale, but he insisted that we will now and always be well stocked in that regard.
Once out on the ocean, the sailing was perfect, and everyone got in time on the helm. The autohelm seemed to be off kilter today, so we will have to solve that one. But we all did need the practice.
Once in St Helena Sound, the good sailing did not stop. We had a couple hours of perfect wind to move us along, and even put the spinnaker to good use when the wind died down.
Eventually, we did have to lower the sails, and go under power. The sun set while we were still in the ICW. Navigating at night in those channels is tricky, but we all know what needs to be done and we work together to do it.
We are tied up at the town dock a little before 8,and Beaufort brought hot showers and a good meal at Q on the Bay. I hadn't had BBQ in a while, and it was awesome.
Tomorrow is breakfast with Bob's parents, and then we start back for Charleston. Hopefully the trip back will be as good as the trip down.
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