Birthdays

The original plan was to sail to Lookout Bight, NC and wait for a bit to round Hatteras. However, there was a weather window available and we took it. Sadly, of the 3.5 day we only ended up sailing (motor free), for 12 hours. It was mainly a run with big swells, and we do not have a spinnaker.
We left Thursday afternoon and Sunday was my birthday. We had a good passage and I actually got more sleep than usual, and found that taking magnesium seems to help!
Even though we were on mobile data, I used it all day to send video hello’s and thank-you’s. Lots of messages pour in on Facebook, text and WhatsApp, and I connected by phone with Dad, Ashlynn and Andrew.
It was nice to connect with everyone.
I caught a fish (Brian was in engine room). It was a blue fish, and marinated in Italian dressing, it was delicious!
We flew the code zero for several hours, which was a nice treat!
At 8pm, we arrived to an anchorage outside of Cape Charles by the concrete boats. After a long passage, we had a good sleep!
There is only one day between our birthday’s, mine on the 7th and Brian’s the 9th. We spent the day trying to assess and address our coolant problems and rudder noise, which is also happening at anchor when the swell hits the stern.
I made some carrot cake muffins (with a faux cream cheese frosting… yogurt, cottage cheese and maple syrup) for Brian’s birthday.
On Brian’s day, he got lots of calls and messages from family and friends. I made a nice omelette for breakfast and a big steak dinner.
Still recovering from our passage and waiting for the next weather window to take us to NYC, we slept, read and relaxed. BUT not for long!
The wind and weather picked up and made the anchorage unbearable. I fell from the stairs and landed on my back (scrapping it), and bruising my hip. On the morning of the 10th I had to cancel the 6am class as it was too rough to actually teach.
We made reservations at the face dock at Cape Charles Marina and headed there mid-morning. We had 4 bottles of coolant and a new coolant cap arriving at the fuel dock (we replaced a 7psi with a 25psi…. A big mistake.Read more