A Blowy day

I couldn't sleep last night very well on my newly upholstered couch cushions. When I reupholstered this winter I thought firmer would be better -- not for my back!! I guess I might have to replace the cushion with a softer insert -- no biggie since they are zippered in.

We left around 9am in mild conditions and motored towards Souh River -- about 12 nm. The first part was fine but then the wind picked up to 15 - 20 and it got a little rolly. Once I turned at Garbacon Shoal marker we could put some sail out and that smoothed the ride and our speed went from 6.4 to 7.2 knots.

We had an easy and uneventful entry to South river and then searched for a spot on the south side to anchor to minimize any wind fetch. Wind is supposed to pickup to 20 - 25 later today and tonight.

Found a nice spot nearly across from Lukens Cementary and it has worked for us all afternoon. We had several gusts in the 25 -30 knot range but no problem.

Around 3 pm 2 other sailboats came in and you guessed it -- probably 20 miles of coast line here and they anchored just south of us. Not too close but interesting.

We had a nice relaxed afternoon and a fine dinner tonight. Wind is still up and the wind generator is cranking out a lot of amps -- good deal.
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Plan is to head to Ocracoke in the morning if the wind lays down by 10am otherwise -- we will do something else.

Gosh it is beautiful here. Very few homes have been built along the shore line and it looks GREAT!! Ohh and we even had some dolphins come in and romp around the boat this evening.

Looking forward to another HUGE nearly full moon tonight. What a way to start the summer.