PASSAGE MAKING - YES, WE FINALLY MADE IT TO BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, USA!
Nimue
Sat 28 May 2011 16:43
Delighted to be writing this message from the USA.
Our negotiation of the 100nm passage up and across the Gulf Stream was
fairly comfortable, although it was easy to see why any northerly wind would
whip up the seas against the north flowing current. We were aware of this
and ensured the forecast was blowing southerly for our trip. Chris
Parker’s entry and exits points of the Gulf Stream were accurate and at
times we did get as much as 2.5 knots of current with us.
We thought we had got away without having thunderstorms, but saw plenty
during our last night at sea. We managed to dodge them all, but did have
to go out of our way by 7nm to miss them.
We finally arrived into Beaufort on 28th May 2011 and it was quite a shock
to see so many boats milling all over the place. It soon became clear that
we had arrived on Memorial Day and it’s the start of the American Summer
holidays.
We’re now anchored in a lovely anchorage in Taylors Creek and it both
reminded us of being in the Hamble River. |