High latitude sailing......."Nati style"

I know some of you may think differently..........sailing in the ICW in North Carolina is not high latitude sailing.  Like I read recently............."you know nothing!"

another "vacation" day

The benefits of sailing where it's cold........kind of like the Arctic.......but different.  No polar bears!

• Bug?  What bugs?  We have saved plenty on bug spray except for the ones hiding and when they come out to eat, they are very hungry!
• T-shirts, flip flops and shorts are not getting dirty or any wear.  
• The freezer and frig aren't getting a good workout since it may be colder outside the freezer then inside.
• Energy saved......don't have to cool the frig!
• The cabin does not get too hot using the oven.  Thanks gods!
• Fleece and foul wx jackets are being used.  Good thing we didn't spend good money for nothing!
• If we smell.......who knows??!!  There are too many clothes on to notice!
• I lied.......we took HOT showers tonight!!  Yippee!
• If the Green Bay connection comes through we'll have an Espar!
• BUT......then we'll have to have some Cheese Heads on board??!!  They do bring their good friend Rummy Dummy though and we aren't scared.
• The beer can stay in the locker......it's already chilled and it saves us so much time to jog in place to generate heat.
• We have plenty of suntan lotion.....don't worry about that.  Looking forward to future use.
• I have found socks I didn't know I had!
• Mr Heater is working well.  No rust on it at all.
• I've lost one pair of sunglasses overboard!  Who cares?  We haven't used them in weeks!!

And don't forget......this is real life.........not one of those long weekend adventures!

Today we did a long dash to Carolina Beach to continue our quest for 80 degrees.  No luck here and Anne's Bobcha fingers are sticking out big time.  Randy, the dock master for the mooring field in Caroling Beach came out to greet us and we didn't mind paying the fee as they are just starting the program up and participation is good.  He is willing to help out in any manner possible.

We hit 10.1 kts today..........MOTORING!  Yep, the current was over 2 knots and we made the Wrightsville bridge by one minute.  "Unimarans" were finding the bottom all over the place but Nati took good care of us.

Tonight........I'm eating our first Lasagne on board!!  Anne can sure cook!