departures

Walking along the Elizabeth River this afternoon I ran into my friend Daniela who was working with the Sail Nauticus boats.  It was a beautiful evening.  Daniela mentioned that she is leaving in a few days to help crew on a offshore boat sailing to New York.

And I received an email from Webb Chiles telling me that he may leave tomorrow morning, casting off from San Diego's Quivira Basin bound for Hawaii and New Zealand on his Moore 24 GANNET.

It must be a good week for leaving - I will be launching out of Elizabeth City, NC for ten days on the sounds, rivers and bays of the Inner Banks.  The forecast, as of now, calls for NNW wind at 10 mph, just right to push me down the Pasquotank River, across Albemarle Sound and up the Alligator River.  Wouldn't it be nice to make Rattlesnake Bay that first night?