We left Wrightsville Beach anchorage this morning at 0635, and tied to the dock at the Sanitary Fish Market and Restaurant in Moorehead City, NC, (right next to Beaufort, NC) this afternoon at 1730. Even though we were only on the water for about 11 hours today, we covered over 80 miles! Not bad.

Came through an area where there were several low bridges which only open on a fixed schedule, so we had to wait up to 20 minutes for them. Also several areas with severe shoaling, so we slowed down quite a bit and felt our way along. As luck would have it, we had mixed tidal current, so at times we were moving along at 9 MPH, and at others 6.2 MPH – mostly above our speed in still water of 7.2 MPH.

We took showers aboard after we arrived (we are anchored right next to the restaurant where diners can watch our every move, so thought better of showering on the aft deck), and will soon go to the restaurant for dinner. The dock is only $10.00 per night, as long as we eat dinner.

Shortly after we tied up a Herreschoff 50 built in 1904 pulled in behind us. What a beauty! The owner has had her for 35 years, and just last week Halsey Herreschoff (grandson of the builder) was aboard to sail with them. I sailed once with Halsey when he brought a boat his grandfather built from the Chesapeake to the museum in Bristol, RI.

The cats prefer to anchor out, since we have to keep screens on the doors and them inside when we’re on a dock, otherwise they might jump ship!

Tomorrw we’ll leave early and hope to make it north of Bellhaven, NC, and the Pungo River.