For our first significant voyage, we traveled to Bath, NC. Trip encompassed 90 Miles and about 8 hours of travel time round trip. Bonnie was very amused by the autopilot systems on board. Check the chart (paper & chart plotter), set the heading, correct for current / wind and the autopilot takes most of the work of navigating. Arrived in Bath at 5:00 and was able dock at the state docks (free) in Bath harbor. Docked just in time for cocktails at a neighboring boat that was traveling the Great Loop. Since, our boat had completed the 'loop' in 2005 and we have that interest; we enjoyed talking to them. Had more cocktails on our upper deck and grilled steaks on our new gas grill.
Toured town the following morning and enjoyed breakfast at the local 'Country Kitchen'. Bath is the oldest Incorporated town in North Carolina and was once the home of Black Beard the Pirate. This was during a 'sabbatical' from his pirating. Upon returning to his career, he was beheaded in a battle with the British Navy in Okracoke two years later. Humm? Kind of like business in the new millennium.
Our return voyage started with a Pamlico Sound of glassy waters; the most calm I have ever seen on this body of water.
A great first weekend trip!
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