Bad Decision …

You can’t beat the security of a slip (as well as a chance to plug in the electric heater), but we saw an opportunity to scoot to Fernandina Beach and we took it. Forecasts weren’t bad for the day but the weather would deteriorate overnight. We had hoped to get further south before things got bad but the window closed sooner than later. As night fell the wind picked up to a steady 20 knots and the waves began building. We chose to head for Port Royal Inlet as an escape from the pounding. As we turned into the inlet at 10 pm the wind clocked around to the north and battered us some more. Four fours later we dropped anchor just into Cowan Creek about eight miles downstream from Beaufort, South Carolina.

Currently we are sideways to a steady 20 knots, held in place by the current and our anchor which by now must be dug in halfway to China.

We plan to leave again early Thursday with a slightly larger weather window this time.