Belhaven, NC

[Kevin's Post] 75 miles! Today we crossed Albemarle Sound motorsailing with light winds out of the north. Last fall when we went south we motored the whole ICW with both engines cranked because we were worried about how long it would take to get to FL. This time around we are trying a bit harder to conserve fuel and use the engines less. Running both engines burns twice as much fuel, but you only go about 10% faster. Of course that 10% made us faster than everybody last year, this year we are slower than everybody. But we don't care too much, running on only one engine means fewer fuel stops and fewer oil changes, etc. So today we ran on one engine, sails up as long as we could use them and were pretty pleased with the miles. We literally motored through the Belhaven breakwater at 2 minutes past sunset and got anchored just as it was getting dark.

Where we are:
Location=Belhaven, NC
Lat=35 31.741 N
Lon=76 37.219 W