- Scott
Charleston
--- "J.J.Falkanger" <gatorjj@mindspring.com> wrote:
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> Took a trip to Cape Lookout, NC this weekend. Put
> in at Radio Island (Morehead Sports), motored to the
> inlet, sailed out into the Atlantic (wind on the
> nose, tacked all the way out). The NC cruising
> guide says to go all the way out to the R6 buoy,
> which is quite a ways out, then head east. It took
> a long time to do this with the wind coming at us,
> but we went all the way out, and then turned. Had a
> wonderful 5 hour sail in 10-15 kt. winds and 2-3
> foot seas.
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> Spent a nice night anchored in Cape Lookout Bight,
> with 20 other boats and a lighthouse. Had some
> dinner (what else? Barbeque Pork!), went swimming,
> had a pelican come right over my head and pick up a
> fish 30 feet past me (I must have been too big).
> Fantastic to be that far away from civilization, and
> see all the stars! About 11pm we went to bed, and
> about 15 minutes later it started raining and had to
> fumble around to get the screens off and the hatches
> closed. A little bumpy as the wind picked up and
> shifted a bit, but slept pretty well (usually don't
> the first night, but am getting more comfortable
> since I got a new anchor).
>
> Awoke about 8 am, made a couple 4-cheese omelettes,
> cleaned up and walked over to the Atlantic side of
> the bight, hung out, looked for shells, pretty nice
> and isolated. Got things together and left at
> 10:30. Wind had shifted, and was closer to 15 kts
> (white capping), and the seas were a little bigger
> (3, maybe 4--the forecast for the day was 15-20kts
> and 4 ft seas). The way the wind was, we couldn't
> make it all the way back out to the proper inlet
> buoy, so I made the decision to head for the mouth
> and tack out if we got too shallow. As it was, we
> got down to 11 feet of water, the waves got very
> steep (like being in the Albemarle Sound), but we
> weren't far from the inlet and figured we wouldn't
> be beaten up for too long. Soon the fishfinder
> showed it getting deeper, and we made the inlet and
> things smoothed out, although the inlet is a heck of
> a bumpy ride! The chop never stops.
>
> At this point it's 12:30 and we decided to hit the
> Beaufort Waterfront and get some food, so we head up
> the other side of Radio Island and into what I think
> is Taylor's Creek. Pull up to a dock, hop out, have
> some lunch at the Dock House Restaurant. Then off
> to the marina. This was the first time I put
> everything away on the water (mast, sails, etc.).
> On the lakes you want to get the boat out quickly,
> to free up dock space. Here, just the opposite,
> especially since there's low powerlines between the
> ramp and the road at the Morehead Sports ramp.
>
> Anyway, for a change it was a fun and uneventful
> trip. Would be up for doing it again in the same
> type conditions, if anyone wants to tag along.
>
>
>
> J.J. Falkanger
> Cary, NC
> P-19# 792 "Fozzguppy"
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