After 47 hours of mostly motoring—with a few peaceful hours of sailing—we completed the last leg of our trip home. The water was so calm along the outer banks of North Carolina that it seemed like glass. Now Breeze On is safely tucked into her slip and we have started to unload our clothes and leftover food. We are tired and quickly ran out of steam this afternoon after a few trips of unloading. Fortunately, we have plenty of time in the coming days to complete the chores required to get Breeze On cleaned and organized.
After 49 hours of motoring and motor-sailing we pulled into Homer Smith Docks in Beaufort, NC for diesel this afternoon and are now on our way N again. We love Beaufort and Homer Smith’s and would have loved to stay a few days, but do not want to pass up this weather window to round Cape Hatteras. We have seen quite a few dolphins—some stayed with us for over 30 minutes. George cleaned the salt off of the dodger windows to improve the visibility. Of course, there are already salty again from the waves we encountered exiting the Beaufort Channel.