Gale Creek to Beaufort, NC

 We started off early motoring out into Bay River heading toward the Neuse. After Greg went below to start work, the wind picked up and the I pulled out the head sail. With just the headsail we were sailing 5 kts so I continue with headsail alone. I had to head up so that required starting the motor to maintain course. A pod of friendly dolphin decided to play tag with us. They even stuck around long enough for Greg to come up and take some pictures. Entering Adams Creek required furling the headsail and we motored the rest of the way to Beaufort. Beaufort was filled with cruiser anchored everywhere. We motored up Taylors Creek passing many anchored boats until we found our spot. 

We explored the town and had dinner with Jon, our soon to be new crew member. He had commitments til Thursday so our trip to Masonboro Inlet would wait til 3:00 am Friday. 

So there will be no Thursday blog as it will be a lay day but we did have visitors to our anchorage who were curious to see us.



Day 5 38nm

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