It's time to start our winter cruise.
We have been back to the boat since the middle of October. We spent a week getting the boat ready including new bottom paint. Once we were launched we moved up the waterway to our friends Jerry and Donna's home dock on Broad Creek. We have spent the time preparing for the winter, such as grocery shopping for six months of provisions, getting the dinghy and outboards ready, restiching some of the canvas and the multitude of things that have to be done to keep our home afloat. Eventually almost everything is ready and then we waited for a weather window. We prefer to travel offshore so that means we need a three to four day window with favorable weather conditions.
If we can believe the forecast we may have such an oportunity tomorrow. Our plan is to leave Broad Creek, go up the Neuse River to the ICW (Intra Coastal Waterway) to Beaufort Inlet and sail/motor to Fernandina Beach on the Florida Georgia border. This should take about sixty hours. If it becomes necessary we have multiple bail-out points along the way. You cannot trust the forecast so it pays to be prepared with a Plan B, C and even D.
Once we are in Florida we will be looking for an oportunity to make the jump to the Bahamas.
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