Monday, July 25, 2011

76°40.870’ W

35°01.769’ N

Whittaker Pointe Marina

Oriental, North Carolina

The weather turned nasty last night with a short period of rain and high winds. We bounced around in our slip most of the night and I’m glad we’re staying an extra day because of weather and Carl’s canvas repair. Barb and Ricki will take advantage of this down time and do laundry then re-supply.

Carl was lucky that he was able to walk into a sail shop and have it repaired on the spot! If nothing else, our schedule will free up to move north tomorrow. If we have good weather we will leave early to make our crossing of a short 10 mile sound before re-entering a man made cut.

The wind has been blowing all day with major white caps lapping at the entrance to this marina. The rain comes and goes making this a perfect day to do nothing but stay put in this safe harbor!