We have had a nice visit in Southport, NC and are now preparing to leave on the next leg of our trip home. When we left Lucaya on Monday the weather forecast said we would have relatively mild temperatures with one cold snap and winds that would allow us to get home relatively quickly. That has all changed. Now the forecast calls for several days of cold weather and several days of winds from the N. We could choose to ignore any weather windows that come our way and avoid going any further N until the weather is consistently warmer, but that doesn’t fit our natures. We both hate to pass up weather windows. So, we plan to leave Southport this evening and sail overnight to Beaufort, NC, waiting there for the next weather window.
I still get excited about fresh produce. Yesterday we stopped at Angie’s Fresh Produce and bought several things, including some of these gorgeous tomatoes.
This support boat for the dredging operation is using the dock here at the marina as a home base, just a few feet away from us. It has two very noisy engines and is on 24-hour call, taking workers to and from the dredging vessels. The captain tends to leave the engines on for hours at a time. When he revs the engines to get away from the dock (as he did yesterday in windy conditions), the boat not only makes a tremendous racket but spews out a lot of diesel fumes. We won’t be missing that.
Last night the outside temperature dropped to 40° but we stayed warm under our blankets with the help of our little portable electric heater. When we woke up this morning the temperature in the cabin was 63°. Not too bad. The low tonight is forecast to be 48° so we expect it to be quite cold in the cockpit, even with the enclosure panels up. We will be wearing several layers, including long underwear, as well as winter hats and gloves.
I still get excited about fresh produce. Yesterday we stopped at Angie’s Fresh Produce and bought several things, including some of these gorgeous tomatoes. This support boat for the dredging operation is using the dock here at the marina as a home base, just a few feet away from us. It has two very noisy engines and is on 24-hour call, taking workers to and from the dredging vessels. The captain tends to leave the engines on for hours at a time. When he revs the engines to get away from the dock (as he did yesterday in windy conditions), the boat not only makes a tremendous racket but spews out a lot of diesel fumes. We won’t be missing that.
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