We have been on Richard's boat for about 30 hours and it feels like we belong. Today we put the sails up and furled them so now all we have to do is pull the sheets and off we go. My experience with my Hobie Cat for 25 years has helped with my understanding of this mono hull. The sails rig the same way just bigger and carry more wind as you are raising them. The wind rustling in sails is a wonderful sound! The goal today is to get gas and water and stage closer to the ocean. Staging helps save time traveling to your departure place in order to leave earlier. We are planning on leaving from Stuart Inlet about 730am. Local knowledge says the inlet can be tricky because the sandbars shift and are not marked very well. We talked to Mike (actually from Myrtle Beach and son went to Socastee) and he said they were marking the channel better and we should be able to make an exit there, if not we will travel down the waterway for several hours before we can enter the ocean. The key seems to be making an exit on high tide and follow the water out into the ocean. Weather reports seem to be on our side to sail on the ocean the entire way back to Georgetown, SC.
Life is good.
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