May 31 | 21:42 | Southport Marina getting ready for sailing. Provisioning complete. Waiting for daylight | |
Jun 1 | 10:04 | Light rain falling upon departure. Clearing the shipping lane the rain has ended. Fair winds at the moment. We are sailing! | |
13:12 | Into full sunshine and out of the wind. Was 8-10 now 5. Enough for steerage but meager. Still, it is very pleasant out here. Spencer cooked up quesadilla. | ||
14:18 | Finally, a decent dolphin sighting. 3 adults and one youngster on our bow. Friendly. Have video. | ||
19:37 | Calm Sea with negligible swell so Talmid is cruising easy. Expecting to run the diesel at moderate speed to keep the pace. We’d like to arrive mid-day. Thurs. | ||
22:49 | Stars are out. Lightning distant from isolated storm near shoreline. | ||
Jun 2 | 09:23 | Land Ho! Starboard Bow. Great conditions for the approach to Charleston. | |
14:05 | Arrived. Charleston Harbor Marina | ||
Jun 4 | 07:25 | Departure planned as the tidal flow begins to slack. Tricky current in the Marina otherwise. | |
08:50 | Full Sail in Charleston Harbor. We are outbound. | ||
10:59 | Downwind sailing on the outside. Headsail giving us a 1-2 knot boost winged out from the mainsail on a whisker pole. | ||
12:46 | Beyond Cell Tower range now so no phone or data service until we close on land tomorrow. | ||
19:39 | Well into our return trip we’ve lost sight of land but we can see towering Cumulus where we know the shoreline to be. | ||
21:29 | The forecast was for 15 kts about now but that doesn’t appear to be happening. For precaution we furled the big headsail to reduce just in case | ||
Jun 5 | 01:28 | Land Ho! | |
06:12 | That was a fast passage. We have returned safe and sound. |