11/18 39 hours from Deltaville, VA to Beaufort, NC with the sails up and the motor running for most of the trip. The winds and rain were light. Fog started to settle in as we came in the inlet at Beaufort and anchored near the Coast Guard station. The next day when the tide was up and the current slowing we motored into Taylor Creek and anchored. Downtown Beaufort now easily accessible with a short ride to the dinghy dock. Projects aboard Valkyrie continued and Jerry spent many hours looking at weather patterns and forecasts for our passage to the Virgin Islands.
Donna and Jerry Luh arrived Monday morning and drove us all over for more last minute provisioning and odds and ends. Ryan bought a long gaff hook and Jerry bought some new frying pans with the hopes of catching some fish while we sail south. A traditional southern bbq lunch at Fat Fellas left us with stuffed bellies and we felt like true fat fellas when we left. Thanks Donna and Jerry for everything! We'll miss you this winter.
The dinghies will go back on deck today, we'll motor back out to the Coast Guard station to anchor and time our departure for best conditions available to cross the gulf stream. Beaufort, NC is our favorite spot to hop from when heading to the Caribbean. The weather forecasts are fairly accurate for the first 3 days out. The gulf stream is so close to Beaufort it only takes about 24 hours and we're across. The low temperature here tomorrow is supposed to be 28 - another incentive for leaving! So, I'll sign off for now. Next update should be in a couple of weeks from some tropical location.
Karen, Jerry, Kari, Ryan aboard s/v Valkyrie
Valkyrie has a SPOT locator. You should be able to view our position on http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=1U9eCr5MW6F4u3rbKUQKfMAHCkhH5IWab with the password bobbob.
Ryan also has a website www.aboardvalkyrie.com where you may be able to click on "Current Position" to see where we are.
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