Day 2 Newport to Charleston
Noon Position 36deg 56N 74deg 11W
Course – 207 Degrees Speed – 13 Knots Day’s Run – 282 Miles
Weather – Overcast with 3 foot (1m) seas from NW
Wind – 11 knots from WNW
It has been a bumpy rolly ride but we have been covering some good distance as we dash to get around Cape Hatteras in good conditions. Cape Hatteras is renown for bad conditions when the Gulf Stream, heading North, close to shore and opposing winds cause the Gulf stream to become treacherous.
At the moment we are motor sailing with one reef in the main and the genoa and conditions for rounding the Cape tonight look smooth. Tomorrow we will slow down and sail down the coast for a morning arrival Tuesday in Charleston.
JC