November 8, 2023 Beaufort NC

We traveled from Oriental to Beaufort today, a relaxing trip of about 4 hours and 20 miles. Beautiful weather again! We arrived and had a smooth landing at a great docking spot at Town Creek Marina. Myles had stayed here many years ago on Skylark and had fond memories. We are partly reliving his earlier experiences. He and I were here together about 6 years ago. We walked about a mile into town and had a beer on the boardwalk, then had dinner back at the marina. We brought out the silver platter for Caramel, in honor of Pam Ray.

The new autopilot was here already and Myles will install it tomorrow, then send the old one off to be rebuilt. We plan to get the bikes out tomorrow and pick up some supplies. I hope to service the remaining two winches while we are here. Meanwhile, we're making plans for an offshore sail out from here to Wrightsville Beach, depending on wind and weather.