November 6, 2011
The N'ly wind has diminished somewhat but still has strength to it. The Wx forecast for the next several days is wind from the N- NE 15-25 with seas running 5-8 ft. This is more than we want to deal with so we will motor sail to Cape Fear and try to exit there. Once we are there we'll be on the other side of Frying Pan Shoal and able to run along the coast to Charleston, SC.
Departed Oriental this morning at 0800 hrs. The run from Oriental to Beaufort is only 25 miles. With a N'ly wind and favorable ebb current, we were making 8.0 kts down the ICW. Our destination today is Town Creek Marina. The current is very strong in Beaufort/Morehead City and the holding is poor according to the pilot guides. Also, I want to take on fuel for the trip to down the ICW.
Beaufort, NC has a reputation for being quite charming, however, we won't get a chance to see it. We have to make time going South. It's getting cold down here. Tomorrow we will motor sail to an anchorage off the ICW at Mile 245 called Mile Hammock Bay. Essentially, it is a basin dredged out by the military for use with Camp LeJeune. A very popular place with the migrating southern hoard. There aren't too many places to anchor on this stretch of the ICW. Town Creek marina is at Mile 201 and Southport on the entrance to the Cape Fear River is Mile 309. It will take us two plus days to make this mileage. I would like to be at Southport in the AM on November 9th. Have to see how this plays out.
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