Saturday, September 20, 2008

Home Sweet Home

We left Beaufort early Wednesday morning, crossing through the drawbridge at the nine o'clock opening. With winds from the north at 15 to 20kts, we set the main with a tripple reef and unfurled the jib. Aly Cat made good way for most of the morning. Under sail, our best speed was around 9 kts. Later in the day, the wind eased and we opted for motor sailing as we surfed down following swells. Top speed as we surfed with engine and sail was just over 12 kts. We averaged closer to 7.5 or 8. By late afternoon, Wrightsville Beach appeared through the haze. As the sun set in the west, we entered the jetty at Masonboro Inlet. We had made it! Back in familiar waters and just a few miles from our homeport.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lewisnance/BeaufortNCToWrightsvilleBeach#

2 comments:

Shields said...

What a beautiful sail on the lovely and seakindly Alycat. She's built strong, is fast and has great moves!(reminds me of..oh well) Thanks Alyson and Lew for giving Alan and I the opportunity to help on this the first of many ocean voyages for Alycat and the Nance family. Good sailing, Shields

Anonymous said...

This is very exciting!! I hope you can keep posting pictures, because an adventure blog without pictures is just...writing. ;)

Safe travels!
xo

Kat