After almost 12 hours of sleep, it was up at the crack of dawn for a planned 65 mile day - hoping to get to the Wrightsville Beach area of NC. As I type, Captain Phil is preparing a gourmet breakfast of smoked salmon and beagles (with lots of toppings).

It's now almost 5pm.  It's been a long day of motoring.  Fighting a 3 to 4 knot current for several miles north Cape Fear didn't make it any easier.  From the Cape Fear Inlet, the ICW joins the Cape fear River for about 5 miles and we passed through at max ebb (see video).  We are approaching the Masonborro Yacht Club and Marina where we will stay overnight.  This was the location where the Pintita stayed for a week, waiting for a weather window to head offshore for the passage to St. Thomas (last November).  I think this might be a little nastalgic for Captain Phil since he has now completed a loop from which he left for his voyage.