We are now sitting in the harbor awaiting better weather to proceed. Our current plan is to head to just outside Lookout Point tomorrow afternoon/evening with the intention of making a run for it at early Thursday. Right now the winds are predicted to be 25-30nm on Thursday coming at us. That would mean we would sailing a close hulled reach until we round Cape Hatteras for about 10 to 12 hours. At which point we can turn north again toward Chesapeake Bay.
Yesterday we got some shopping and errands done. It felt strange to stand on land after 9 days on the boat. We hit the grocery store and Walmart for provisions. Walmart was a culture shock after the Caribbean, but I guess we have to get back to reality sometime! We are now fully provisioned up with fresh vegetables and fruits.
The temperature has dropped quite a bit with the front coming through and the rain. We did have an invitation to come over to one of the other boats a few coves away for cocktails. Given that everyone have been underway for so long, we feel it is a good quarantine risk, but we can’t take Yantina because that cove isn’t deep enough. We declined because none of us felt like taking a 45 minute dinghy ride each way in the rain.
We currently have a pesky leak in the front state room we are all working on given the down time. It is nice that the four of us to share the interest of sailing and boating in general to occupy the four of us.
