Sail Beausoleil

Well, due to insurance reasons, we had to get Beausoleil north of Cape Hatteras, NC by the beginning of hurricane season. And to make it fun, our friends Rick and Allen made a bet: who would get to that latitude first – Beausoleil, or Rick and Cindy in Dragonfly? We were delayed in Port Canaveral a bit longer than planned due to our mechanical issues and the weather.

We did, however, hurry north so our insurance company would continue our coverage. We left Port Canaveral on Memorial Day at 0630. We sailed the 300 miles to Charleston, SC in about 37 hours, getting there Tuesday evening at 2045 (8:45pm for you landlubbers). Shawna had some conference calls for work on Wednesday, so we waited til Thursday morning to leave for the Chesapeake.

Leaving Charleston, in a thankfully short rain squall, we actually passed our friends Jack and Alois on Adventurous on the way out. They had sailed up from Fort Pierce, FL. We’re going to visit them in their home waters of the Chesapeake. We continued on, covering the 416 miles to Hampton, VA in 57.5 hours, getting there Saturday, May 30 at 5:00PM.

• Total distance for the trip: 716 nautical miles (824 statute or land miles).
• Total elapsed time: 94.5 hours.
• Average speed: 7.58 knots (8.7 mph).

Even though we cheated by motorsailing, that’s still good time.

And, yes - Dragonfly did beat Beausoleil across that latitude. So Alan had to cough up a bottle of rum to cover his bet with Rick.

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