To Morehead city

Drew decided to finally fix an intermittent connection on his autopilot controller and started working on repairs around 4 pm. Of course he had to work in the port lazerrete which meant everything had to be removed and moved into the cockpit. He found several corroded wires which ended up taking 4 hours to replace and so by 8:30 pm we put everything back into the lazerette. The intermittent problem is fixed but Drew is still not happy with the status of the wiring so he’ll work on it some more in Morehead city. 

Dinner ended up being cheese and crackers with a gin and tonic for Drew and some wine for me. Drew had tiramisu for dessert which he had picked up at the cafe when we had lunch and inof course had ice cream.  I’m impressed at how well the refrigerator keeps the ice cream so we’ll have to get more for the offshore leg

We slept in this morning, then a very nice breakfast at the cafe on the grounds of River Dunes ( great omelettes with croissants for Drew and bagel for me)

We cast off at 9:30, out into the Neuse and towards Adams creek which leads us to Morehead city (sister city to Beaufort)

It’s nice and warm (polo shirt weather), with temperatures in the mid to upper 70’s but little wind so we motor on)

Crossing the Neuse was quick (about an hour) and then into Adams Creek which winds its way through wooded areas interrupted every few miles with a few houses til we got close to Morehead city/Beaufort when it changed to all houses with small powerboats outside

We pulled into the marina at 2pm and were greeted by Judith Jacobson and her husband Haakon, a Danish/Norwegian couple that owns an Island Packet like ours who we met at prior Island Packet Rendezvous. They had borrowed the marina car and I joined them on a trip to the supermarket while Drew stayed on the boat to install the repaired boat heater that he had shipped to the marina. We both successfully completed our tasks....the boat will be warm and well stocked for our ocean voyage now planned to begin at first light on Monday morning. Depending on the weather we hope to arrive I Fort Pierce on Thursday