One of our cruising goals is to be in the anchorage before noon. Check. The hook was down in Wrightsville Beach, NC, at 11:58 am. Unfortunately the wind-waves were being exacerbated by myriad boat wakes making it less than comfortable aboard. We gave it an hour and then decided to move on. Being underway again gave us the opportunity to achieve another cruising goal, in before dinner. Check. We dropped the hook in Camp LeJeune's Mile Hammock Bay at 7:30 pm. Unfortunately we couldn't get the anchor to set. Mile Hammock Bay is infamous for its hard-packed bottom. For the record, I'm now zero successes for two tries there. No worries, this merely gave us the opportunity to make another of our cruising goals, in before dark. Unfortunately we weren't able to get the hook down in Swansboro, NC until 9:30 pm; well after dark. Oh we'll, today we were two-for-three in both anchoring and in meeting cruising goals. Bicki assures me that once the professor applies the curve we'll have passed the exam. I've got my fingers are crossed.
Today's picture is from our new rear-facing video camera and shows Nellie performing a classic two-whistle pass of a tug and barge.
On the hook in Swansboro, NC, 62nm today and 1191nm total. DBH
