Listening to the weather forecast this morning 6 – 8 knots NE and reviewing the shallow areas on the ICW even before the first bridge after leaving Wrightsville, I decided to go offshore. We left about 6:45am and headed out the Masonboro Inlet. Things looked pretty good except the wind was 10 NE instead of less.
Shortly after clearing the Sea Buoy I noticed the alternator is not putting out a charging voltage – volts on batts was 12.10 - Damn!! Should we turn back?? NO – I turned on the wind generator and it was keeping up and actually charging the batteries. I shut down the PC and Inverter.
The sea was not uncomfortable but the 10 – 15 knots NE was building waves which slowed us down to about 5 knots SOG. It’s going to be a long run today!! It was – it took 13 and ½ hours to make the Morehead City yacht basin. We made the marina right at 8pm just as it got dark. The fuel dock was empty so we made an easy landing there with no assist.
We cleaned up quickly and went to the sanitary restaurant for dinner. Because of the active motion of the boat today we both felt the floor and table moving on us. It was really a rocky ride up outside by traveling through head seas all day.
Ohhh a bit of luck on the decision this morning. Around 2pm we heard a ‘Securite’ on the radio announcing the closing of the Onslow Beach Swing bridge indefinitely for repairs. That is about the time we would have been advancing on it.. It was a good decision today to go offshore.
Sleeping was bliss tonight tied up to the dock with AC running again.
Shortly after clearing the Sea Buoy I noticed the alternator is not putting out a charging voltage – volts on batts was 12.10 - Damn!! Should we turn back?? NO – I turned on the wind generator and it was keeping up and actually charging the batteries. I shut down the PC and Inverter.
The sea was not uncomfortable but the 10 – 15 knots NE was building waves which slowed us down to about 5 knots SOG. It’s going to be a long run today!! It was – it took 13 and ½ hours to make the Morehead City yacht basin. We made the marina right at 8pm just as it got dark. The fuel dock was empty so we made an easy landing there with no assist.
We cleaned up quickly and went to the sanitary restaurant for dinner. Because of the active motion of the boat today we both felt the floor and table moving on us. It was really a rocky ride up outside by traveling through head seas all day.
Ohhh a bit of luck on the decision this morning. Around 2pm we heard a ‘Securite’ on the radio announcing the closing of the Onslow Beach Swing bridge indefinitely for repairs. That is about the time we would have been advancing on it.. It was a good decision today to go offshore.
Sleeping was bliss tonight tied up to the dock with AC running again.
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