Charleston

I loved being in one of my favorite cities again! 

We exited the inlet at Beaufort around 1pm, having left our anchorage at 6am. The first half of the passage was bumpy but thankfully it calmed down for the remainder of the trip. It took us 28 hours total.

Martin taking us out of Beaufort

I was disappointed that even with a patch on (scopolamine) and an electric pulse/acupressure bracelet, I still suffered from sea sick symptoms. They were mild - headache and lethargy but dang, I really hate that this happens.  We all took 4 hour shifts so it was really nice to have 8 hours off. It just happened that I got the 4-8 shift and then realized I got to see sunset and sunrise – the perfect shift!

Sunset over NC

We caught a fish! 

Our bow is 10 feet high, he must have come aboard on the first half of the trip 😊

Blossom performed like the champ she is. We had no issues at all. We traveled in comfort with the gen on and AC running – we had so much spray coming over the bow and hitting the windshields that we figured any open doors or portholes were just going to leave the boat coated inside from the salty air.

We got in comfortably ahead of the front and settled in for a few days. Check out our neighbor for the first few days – Aviva. Man oh man she’s a big girl. With a squash court inside apparently!

We took a couple photos as she spun around on her way out…

We enjoyed spending some time in Charleston, eating at a couple great restaurants and enjoying some down time after 7 days of moving.  Now there’s a slight break in the weather and we’re heading out to get as far south as we can before another front starts up the coast of Florida. We’re hoping to run until Thursday and make it down to Ft Pierce or Palm Beach before the seas pick up and get snarky.

See you in Florida!

Boat Business:

• We have a minor leak in the 20K generator strainer. It’s minor so we’ll deal with it down in Florida when we can get a hold of some o-rings.