Herding cats, and nailing jello to the wall, and moving a boat.

Time to get going again...?
Well, for anyone paying attention I've not been on for a few weeks. We were well within the rough schedule I posted a few weeks ago. However, plans change; as Stacie's mother has taken to call me "reroute it Ralph". Though not entirely accurate, I get the gist.

The route is the same, only the time frame has changed. We're heading back to the boat in New Bern, North Carolina after taking a few weeks for me to start a new contract, and for Stacie to take care of some family business. Some of our friends have gotten ahead of us, and some who were lagging behind are likely going to be intercepting us in the next few days.

With the weather in Annapolis getting cooler, it's not a moment to soon. We're quite ready to get to points southward and take in the warmer breezes. Looking at the forecast for Beaufort, NC; winds are expected to be 6 to 13 kts mostly from the east Saturday through Monday (Nov 09, 2013 through Nov 11, 2013). We're looking forward to a nice run to South Carolina.

Our updated itinerary; 
The nice thing about this delay, was that I've had some time to do some additional planning and obsessing over our offshore legs. After more study, and continual dropouts from people expressing interest yet not following through with crewing, I've resigned myself to limiting offshore time to no more than 40 hour increments. With this we should be able to do 150 to 200 nautical miles per leg as follows:

Plan A:
11/9 - 11/11
Beaufort, NC to Charleston, SC - 200 nm   (40 hours @ 5 kts).  ** Lv Sat. @ 4pm for am arrival Mon **
11/16 - 11/17
Charleston, SC to Jacksonville, FL - 160 nm  (32 hours @ 5 kts).
11/30 - 12/02
Jacksonville, FL to Stuart, FL  -  200 nm (40 hours @ 5 kts).      ** Lv Sat. @ 4pm for am arrival Mon**
12/07 - 12/08
Stuart, FL to Ft Lauderdale, FL - 100 nm (20 hours @ 5 kts).


Plan B:
11/9 - 11/ 10
Beaufort, NC to Wilmington, NC - 100 nm   (24 hours @ 5 kts).  ** Lv Sat. @ 8am for am arrival Sun**
11/16 - 11/17
Wilmington, NC to Charleston, SC - 110 nm (28 hours @ 5 kts). ** Lv Sat. @ 8am for am arrival Sun**
11/23 - 11/ 24
Charleston, SC to Jacksonville, FL - 160 nm  (32 hours @ 5 kts).
11/30 - 12/02
Jacksonville, FL to Stuart, FL  -  200 nm (40 hours @ 5 kts).      ** Lv Sat. @ 4pm for am arrival Mon**
12/07 - 12/08
Stuart, FL to Ft Lauderdale, FL - 100 nm (20 hours @ 5 kts).