Oriental, NC

At first light, our buddies on What If and Charm departed southbound early this morning....sad to see them go but happy for them to be moving towards warmer waters!

  

To the boatyard for "splash"....when we arrived they had us swinging just a few inches out of the water, waiting on us to verify that we were ready to be put in the water.  

 

Within a few minutes of our arrival, they had us lowered into the water and we were on our way back to Oriental.  A record fast haul-out for us - just 8 days.

 

The wind was light and on our nose, so we just motored with one engine for about 5 hours.  Passed this lovely sailboat heading in the opposite direction.

 

And the usual Minnesott ferry sighting.

 

Stopped at River Dunes to get some diesel fuel.  Back at the dock to clean up and get the boat back organized.