4/23/18 Swansboro @ Dudley's marine
A man who helped us dock asked me what time we'd left this morning and where we left from. 8:00 a.m. was easy. The "where" evaded me for more than an hour. It was Southport from whence we departed but I couldn't bring that place, these 12 hours ago, for the life of me. Finally I remembered.
We'll stay here two nights as the wind is supposed to be blowin' a gale, with a lot of rain all day tomorrow. We've potentially scheduled a massage for each of us in the late morning - great idea, yes?
We buttoned down everything on the decks this morning expecting a wet and lumpy crossing of the Cape Fear river. Crossing was really gentle (wind with us) and really slow (tide against us )...a snail's pace of 2 knots. We did some boogie-ing farther along the way...steaming at 1700 rpm to get to and through bridges that only opened on their schedules rather than "on request."
David and I shared the long day of helming pretty equally knowing we'd both be tired. Some skinny water challenges on each of our "watches." We had some fun and silly bird encounters but photos aren't uploading. Maybe tomorrow.
We're well fed and feeling safely tied in as the winds begin to whistle and boat begin to lunge against her tethers. Sleeping in tomorrow morning.
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