Got gone before 10am. All went well until we hit the current coming toward us and the wind at an angle that was not helpful for sailing. We slowed to a pitiful 2 1/2 its. We put out the jib and got a little help but not much. We arrived at Carolina Beach about 6:30 and I went out to drop the anchor. The anchor windless would not drop the anchor. We touched ground but not hard while we fought with the anchor chain. It was rusty and seemed to be stuck in the gypsy. After much fiddling and lots of rust dust we got the anchor chain loose. We got off ground easily and made a circle and dropped anchor in about 8 to 10 ft of water. We did not come as prepared as we usually do and now we are paying for it.
The kitty, who was a real trooper with the truck and travel trailer clearly is not a sailor cat. He cried, meowed and generally fussed the whole day until he exhausted himself and finally slept a while. He would not come up to the cockpit and stayed huddled below complaining every time we encountered wake and the boat pitched or rolled. I thought he would do better but I imagine this is his first and last boat trip.
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