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Ship’s Log 6.11

 Never in all my Trekkie fantasies did I think I would one day say, with all sincerity, “Ship’s Log..” But more importantly, we survived our first day! Lessons learned: 1) William is an optimistic time gauger 2) doesn’t matter because you’ll stumble into a fun dinner party anyway 3) understanding electrical systems on a boat takes 3 reads of the manual by Mumsy and 1 read by cocky teen 4) I love gadgets and gear. 

We got off without a hitch! Sweet Anne Blessing picked us up at Gibbes St and drove us to CYC. At this point, the boat was as ready as she was going to get. So we iced down the cooler and off we went. 

Weather was great so we decided to run outside. Swells were slightly big -Meade and I decided to try out our new wrist bands. Lo and behold, they had not charged. This opened up the issue that the outlets were not working. Thus the manual reading. It’s all about systems piggybacking off one another and damn switches. (Don’t tell Dustin at the Hinckley yard I said that. He already thinks we’re lunatics.) Anyhoo, with a deep dive in the manual and one snide comment from Mason (that really did solve it, dammit), we were back in business, charging cords sticking out of outlets like Medusa’s locks (everything near dead at this point). 

With all this busy work below, I was ready for less rocking. We all were, so Wm put us in the ICW at Litte River Inlet. We were greeted by a parade of jet skis. One fellow got grumpy with us for not going faster and providing more wake. Wm was on a conference call at that point so no fun for you, bud.

Made it to Wrightsville after seeing osprey carrying a baby shark and a bald eagle (GBA).

Devon Hanahan had reached out before trip to see if we could have dinner with them in Wrightsville. However, with Wm’s rose colored glasses, we were def going to make it to at least Morehead City. Guess where we had dinner? With Devon, Bill, and Bessie Hanahan’s fam and friend Russell! after it was very clear we would not make it past Wrightsville, they sweetly took us in and served some amazing fresh flounder. Such a fun time and interesting peeps.

Set up beds, tucked in for the night, and would call day 1 a success!

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  1. UnknownJune 11, 2021 at 9:40 AM

    Yea....ship's log...live long and prosper...thanks for taking us with you

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  2. AnonymousJune 12, 2021 at 4:48 PM

    We are really JUST NOW learning that William is an optimistic time gauger...??

    -HL

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