Daufuskie Island, SC to Jacksonville, FL

We left Daufuskie Island at about 3:30 yesterday afternoon.  The waves and wind were supposed to be perfect for going out into the ocean to sail to our next stop.  So we motored/sailed for 3 hours to get away from land and then turned southwest and kept going.  The wind forecast was wrong.  Instead of 10-15 knot winds we had more like zero-5 knots.  We tried to use the sails for our power for about 4 hours.  The best we could do speed-wise was 1.5 to 3 knots.  Mostly 1.5-2.  So we brought the sails in and started the engine.  The waves were supposed to be 2-3 feet.  The waves were more like 4-6 feet.  We got banged around and pushed around a lot.  Time for more Dramamine! 

The upside was that there was an almost full moon.  So when the sun went down, the moon came up and gave us enough light to see where we were going.  You can do it without light, but that is just a little scary to me.  I enjoyed the moonlight the whole time I was on watch.  I had it by myself for an hour, then Daniel had it for an hour.  I tried to go to sleep but couldn’t so I went back up to relieve him.  I stayed up for another 3 hours and couldn’t wait to go wake Daniel up after the 3 hour shift to relieve me.  He on the other hand, stayed up from about 1:30 a.m. until 5:30 this morning.  I slept great, below deck.  Thanks, Honey!

 

As we are coming into Jacksonville we passed through a "whale preserve".  Didn't think twice about it until we actually SAW a whale!  It was awesome.  I got so excited, I forgot to take a picture!

We have a spot picked out for the rest of the day to rest and relax in the Jacksonville, FL area. 

We earned it.