We had another early start and went out the inlet heading north
Our buddy boaters, Jenna Bird, motored with us all the way to Adam’s Creek
They also snapped a nice photo of Rita as we sailed by.
A long day but we covered a lot of ground!
We set off super early and snapped a morning sunrise photo
It was an easy sailing / motoring today. The ICW was quite busy as the weather was nice and it was a Sunday.
After we anchored we went out to dinner with Alicia and Harry from Jenna Bird. We had great burgers and took a walk to the beach afterwards.
Tomorrow we are headed outside from Wrightsville Beach to Beaufort NC.
We got to Prince Creek early in the evening last night and enjoyed the scenery. Some boating buddies showed up (JennaBird) and came over and spent part of the evening with us.
The next morning was lovely with the haze on the water and tweeting of birds. As we slowly motored through we did see three alligators – two jumped in and splashed and one was just swimming along
After motoring most of the day we anchored in Callabash Creek. Our anchorage spot was right next to the ICW and an inlet so it was quite busy until night time. Our boating friends on JennaBird are in the same anchorage tonight.
We left this morning with super cold weather – jackets and gloves were needed. We motored passed Charleston on our way to our next anchorage spot. We stopped about 1/2 way between Charleston and Myrtle Beach.
We had a super early morning getting up and out by 7:00 am. We had a few early morning errands to run in Beaufort while we still had the car. I did a little shopping while Jeff did maintenance in the boat.
So we are back on the ICW in South Carolina after having skipped all of Georgia with our outside run on Saturday and Sunday.
It was a little colder today so I spent most of the day downstairs. In for the night at about 4:30. Saw some crab fisherman heading out as we anchored.
We sailed our longest sail to date with our temporary crew member, Jeffrey. we went out at St Augustine about 9:00 am and arrived in Beaufort the following afternoon around 2:00. So about 32 hours on the boat. At night we each took a shift. The wind was favorable and the moon was nearly full so it was a nice sail.
We arrived Easter morning in Beaufort and CJ made us eggs Benedict.
That afternoon CJ and I motored the dinghy to the nearby sandbar. We saw about a half dozen kids enjoying the splishy mud on the other side of the sand bar. The “mud people” as one dad said were having a great time sliding and rolling in the mud.
The next morning we rented a car, grabbed some breakfast and then went to Cypress Swamp Gardens in Point Royal (near Beaufort). It was a beautiful day and we saw lots of swamp life.
Later we drove to Savannah airport and said good bye to CJ. It was nice having a personal chef for a few days.
We found a quiet anchorage near Daytona Beach and headed out the next morning to St Augustine.
We got to St Augustine early afternoon and went sight seeing to Lowe’s and Publix. We had a nice dinner at our favorite, OC Whites. CJ came in town about 12:30.
The next morning we began our two day trip on the ocean
After several days in Vero beach, we went north to Titusville to watch the Artemis II space launch. We are very close to the launch site so hope it goes tonight as scheduled.
It did go as scheduled- we had an awesome view of Artemis II. The sound was incredible!
Heading to Daytona Beach tomorrow.
Our view from our anchorage near the Ft Pierce inlet. It must be pretty shallow or these guys are walking on water. Miss the pretty blue from the Bahamas.
We had an early departure – about an hour before the sun came out. We missed hitting the $7,500,000 yacht named Homecoming.
Leaving the channel was bittersweet – knowing our trip to the Bahamas was over but glad to be going back to see family and friends. Our plan is to go to West End and then head Northeast with Ft. Pierce as our US destination.
At the pool yesterday we visited with a few couples who are also heading back today. One lady had a thick southern accent and warned me of the sweyells that we were going to have.
The crossing was very pleasant compared to our last one. There were swells but no violent rocking. We arrived in Ft Pierce a little after 1:00 am – our longest sail to date. We did have a giant freighter heading out right as we came in. And – even though it was 1 am there were still people eating at the outside restaurant. We are not in the Bahamas anymore 🤣
