Bad weather

When we left Beaufort the wind was on the beam at about 15 knots, perfect for a good sail, unless you are constrained by a narrow channel and need some ability to negotiate other crafts. So we hoisted a small jib to help the engine and were aided by a healthy tide flow which altogether pushed us along at 8+ knots.

 We were sailing down the coast in a lagoon, the ICW is cut through a lagoon at this stage, normal depth is max 6 feet min close to 2 , the ICW is 12 feet plus. However there are bits which are unpredictable low and we found one, it didn't delay us long maybe only a few seconds as we painfully scraped along the bottom.

Just in case like me you were not sure http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Whatsa_lagoon.htm

 Tuesday

We have hit a bit of bad weather, 2 inches of rain was forecast today and they were probably right, high winds to match. However we are in a lovely little marina pinned up by the high winds to our berth. It's small cheap and very friendly, just the place in bad weather , they put on a free lunch of chilli today .  Several other boats are her too waiting for good weather , this should arrive on Thursday when our journey will resume, we have had great weather so far so we deserve a couple of days of bad.

Have a look at  http://radblast.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS_map?station=MHX&brand=wui&num=6&delay=15&type=N0R&frame=0&scale=0.750&noclutter=0&lat=34.70833206&lon=-77.44277954&label=New+River+Marine+Corps+Air+Station%252C+NC&showstorms=0&map.x=400&map.y=240&centerx=448&centery=196&transx=48&transy=-44&showlabels=1&severe=0&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&smooth=0 

We are at Swanpoint Marina