We left Oriental at 10:30 this morning with a great sendoff from local friends Larry, Julie, Mick and others. It was amazing. We were so ready that there was no real stress to it all. We just went out and started the voyage. The only stress was that we had to raise the sails so that Mick could shoot some video of us (which I'm sure we'll be glad to have). But having to raise the sails after they had been down for so long meant that there were snafus in the rigging. But we quickly worked them out and I'm sure the video will be great.
We motored down Adams Creek and past Beaufort and Morehead City. As soon as we started out to sea we raised the sails and found a pleasant breeze, maybe 9 to 10 knots. So we are going upwind in light airs, moving along nicely with almost no waves whatsoever. If you have to go to windward, this is as nice as it gets. Everything (almost) is working well and things look positive. It's nice out here. It's starting to get dark and we will be starting night watches. I'm typing this now because we are charging batteries and I want to use the radio while we have the power.
We miss all you Oriental folks - and of course, all of our old friends from a former life. Hope to see you in Spain.
1 comment:
Just took a peak at todays entry, glad you got off on time and it sound like your first days been a good one, youve a few perfect days to be on the water. will be watching your progress from here
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