We had another weather window yesterday to go further up the coast of NC and we took it. We left the dock in the dark over an hour before sunrise. It was a bit of a challenge since I hadn’t recorded a track going into the marina. I am not sure why, because I normally do record a track when going anywhere new. In any case, George used the spotlight to find the marina’s channel markers—which were not indicated on our chart plotter—and we made it out without hitting anything or going aground. Success!
The Cape Lookout Light—looking east—as seen from Breeze On.
The anchorage has beaches on all sides as well as sand dunes. If the dinghy wasn’t already tied up in “offshore mode” we might have ventured ashore.
After 17 hours of motoring and sailing we pulled into the anchorage at Cape Lookout just before midnight. It is a large anchorage but there were already two boats here. We decided not to try to maneuver around them so we anchored just inside the entrance. It was relatively calm overnight and we slept well. This morning, though, the combination of N wind and the ebb tide made it very bouncy. We pulled up the anchor and went deeper into the anchorage where we are evaluating weather windows to go around Cape Hatteras and into the Chesapeake.
The Cape Lookout Light—looking east—as seen from Breeze On.
The anchorage has beaches on all sides as well as sand dunes. If the dinghy wasn’t already tied up in “offshore mode” we might have ventured ashore.
I thought the seas in that area were always rough, but it doesn’t look so bad.
ReplyDeleteThat was actually in a fairly protected harbor inside Cape Lookout. Once you get outside, though, it can be quite rough. Lots of shipwrecks around there. We choose our weather windows very carefully when we round Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras!
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