The rain where were and a storm off the coast meant we are destined to travel the ICW another day. At least it will be just inside the Carolina Outerbanks, There will be less swamps to travel and we should get some sailing in.
Back to the cruise at hand. We cruised through North Carolina inside the outerbanks. Ran aground once due relocated navigation buoys, had a relatively tense moment with a swing bridge that did want to open. All of these issues were taken in stride given the experience, competence and all around preparedness of the crew of Last Chance. The highlight of the afternoon was the surfacing of a dolphin within 3 feet of the boat. No lie, it was so close it scared the crap out of me but was an awesome sight.
If could use one word to describe the afternoon and evening it would be… Cold, At 49 degrees going to 39, it is very cold. I realize many of you don’t have sympathy for us, but keep in mind this is not what we packed for and will be sleeping in all of our clothes!