This morning we going to be joining the Gulfstream as we head north to Lookout Point. We have already done a sail change this morning by putting the pole out for wing and wing. We are currently discussing getting out the spinnaker with the light winds while looking for a kick from the Gulfstream. The spinnaker is up and we have now successfully used all of the sails in Yantina’s portfolio. Unfortunately the current wind is making things less eventful than usual. As we get closer to shore, we seeing a lot more sailboat and ship traffic. We just saw a US GOVT. ship pass within 6 miles, maybe it was Sean?
We are now in the Gulfstream, cruising along! Dolphins welcomed us to the current, it reminded me of the sea turtles in Nemo. They stayed with us for quite awhile, but refused to be photographed.
We did have a Coast Guard all boats call this afternoon as we were 50 miles or so offshore. All boats in the vicinity of a certain latitude and longitude were informed to keep a look out for a possible man in the water!! Some of the boats traveling with us were very close to that area, we were happy to hear the call was not from one of ours. We did not hear how the situation resolved. News like that is always hard to hear.
We are now 20nm from the beginning of the path into Lookout Point coming in the full sails flying wing and wing with the wind at our backs. We had to motor a good part of the day through with the current until the couple of hours the winds shifted and can hang sails. We will be anchoring in the dark just outside of Beaufort North Carolina. Apparently, the tropical depression we were running to get to anchor in front of is due to be named storm Arthur. We intend at this point to hunker down for Sunday and assess Arthur direction as to when we can resume the last 250nm to Hampton, VA in the Chesapeake Bay.
