Day 9 - Monday, Nov 16th, 2009

I’m up at 0600 and got the coffee going. After that, the day started out wrong. I climbed in to the cockpit and found the boat wasn’t lying to the wind, in-fact we were 180° out from the 4 other boats in the creek. I took a quick look for the anchor trip line buoy and it was nowhere to be found. Upon further investigation I realized the buoy was under the boat and hung between the prop an the rudder. It, would not budge for anything. Into the dinghy I went and was able to pull enough of the line to the surface and cut the line. A few more minutes of boat hook fishing and the buoy was retrieved. We got underway at 0815, well behind the other boats in our group.

 We had a nice motor sail down to Adams Creek but had to wait on a CG buoy tender to enter the creek first. Moving through the Adams Cr Canal, we picked up the outgoing tide and were making 8.8 mph. We arrived in Morehead City and passed two of the Dowry Creek gang at Portside Marina (Al & Jennifer and George, Kathy & Ben). We proceeded on to the Sanitary Restaurant and took one of the cheap alongside slips. We were docked around 1330. Shortly afterward, Phil & Nicki Hoskins (the British couple) came in and docked at the restaurant too. We took a walk around the waterfront and then had dinner with Phil & Nicki at the restaurant. Afterward we walked down to Portside Marina and visited with the others.

Location: Morehead City, NC. Dockside at the Sanitary Restaurant. MM205
Started: 0815 Stopped: 1330
Distance Traveled: 30 mi, Max Spd 8.8 mph, Avg Spd: 6.1 mph
Total Distance Traveled to Date: 205 Statute Miles
Everyone was tired so we headed back to the boats. Donna and I were asleep before 2200.