The Journey

For a woman, the destination is the thing, for a man, it is the journey. Rick complains that our blog is too little about water, and too much about land, so to accomodate him, here are pictures of our journey from Cape Canaveral to Hilton Head Island, SC, a distance of about 250 miles. Favorable winds, at last, with 20+ knots from the west. Rick wrested control from the autopilot to enjoy the thrill of the ride as we skimmed across the open ocean on invisable wings of wind. Ever curious dolphins chased us, looking up at us as we looked down at them. In the evening, heavy winds and a beautiful sunset with ragged clouds announced the qpproach of the front. The only negative, although we made it to the entrance of the channel to Port Royal Sound in just 36 hours, we arrived after dark and spent a second night at sea, sailing slowly back and forth all night with furled jib and reefed main, watching the glittering parade of freighters and barges float past us on the sea highway to Savannah.