Trip to Cape Lookout

We're taking a break from boat-shopping.....

heading to Cape Lookout!

Breezy but pleasant cruise down the Intercoastal Waterway......some very nice boats passing....

And some really BIG boats....a barge....unfortunately, they were passing us a a really narrow section of the waterway....

But we both fit without mishap.....

Since our mast height is only 55', we can go thru the channel with the bridge now.  (With Glory Days we always had to be wary of the tides/wind with this bridge because the clearance was sometime only 64'....and Glory Days mast height was about 64'!  Too close for comfort then!)


Passing the phosphate plant - where the barges all end up....

Otherwise - it was an uneventful but long motor/sail out to Cape Lookout....

Here's a glimpse of what it's like for hours on end!  Fun for us!