Not much sun yet...but lots of rain!

Shamal
Wed 11 Nov 2015 21:45

34.43.5N 76.39.9W

We left Norfolk VA on the 4th Nov and motored south in light rain. We then needed to find a sheltered creek to spend 2 days as the forecast FW as for strong winds and "Frog Gulping" amounts  of  rain..... which duly transpired. I then noticed that we were using much more fuel than normal. So I arranged for the boat to be lifted and sure enough, the propeller was a ball of barnicles. It's a wonder it was pushing us at all. So that was another day scraping them all off and giving the bottom a bit of a clean. It has made a big difference.

So we are now back in Beaufort NC and are awaiting some decent weather to head out to sea and sail a bit further south that way.

Will post another update when we get somewhere.

Best Wishes,

J&G