After two nights at anchor near Bellhaven, NC, the second night due to a frontal passage that was very blustery, our weather turned grey and cool, but with a brisk north wind. Yesterday we did a lot of sailing in and out of canals, creeks, rivers, and sounds, and spent last night in Oriental, NC. Today we had a relatively short 20 nm motor, largely through a creek/canal to Beaufort. Navigating into this town was interesting because of the complicated channels, the brisk wind, and distractions such as porpoises jumping around the boat, and a very large shrimp boat that for some reason passed us several times as it wandered abound the channels.

We are tied up at the Beaufort Docks Marina for the night. Tomorrow we head down behind all the barrier islands, which should be interesting.

We did not have cell service for a couple of days, and my mobile broadband modem is acting up a bit so posts might be infrequent. The Captain is working the problem, and in any case emphasizes the incredible communication tools we have available. (Have YOU hugged an electrical engineer today?)