At 6 a.m. I am at 33.12 N 77.39 W, just off Cape Fear near Wilmington, N.C., with 176 miles to go to Hatteras and 100 to Beaufort,N.C.
I have decided to put into Beaufort rather than get back into the Gulfstream and be faced with running into the tail end of the
cold front that is starting to move to the N.E. And then on Sunday onwards the winds are mostly from the North and very weak which means motoring from Cape Hatteras. The distance by land from Beaufort to Chesapeake V.A. is much less than by water.
I am hoping that Jeannine can pick me up and back. That will save me about 3 days sailing to the Azores.
Yesterday was a decent sailing day. The gale winds from Wednesday night calmed down to about 20 knots and less later. The clouds and rain moved in late afternoon and it looks to continue the wind has changed from S to SW and is about 10 knots.
I feel a lot better after getting plenty of sleep during the day and last night. I could not hear Herb on the net.
