In the middle of the night, the hum of mosquitoes. Reach up on top of the centerboard trunk, find the Thermacell bug repeller. Click the starter button a couple of times, wait til I see the glow of a flame the size of a pinhead, the quiet hiss of the repeller. Soon mosquitoes are gone. Back to sleep.
Wake to the calmest of mornings, the sounds of birds in the marsh. Look over the side to see jellyfish below, one hosting a small crab for a ride.
Sail off anchor at 7:00 with just the hint of a breeze out of the south. A slow pleasant slow drift, less than a knot, just off the marsh. A favorite kind of morning.
7:30 out on the open water of Southward Bay, 1.9. 8:10 across Mouse Harbor, making 3.4 rounding Pamlico Point.
8:25 on the Pamlico River, 4.1 with wind aft of port beam. 9:10 less wind, 1.8.
9:35 cross the sailing track from two weeks earlier, and just north of that enter the Pungo River. Making 2.0.
10:40 sailing at 0.8 with Persimmon Point just ahead. Motor sailing. 11:05 under power, sails still up but they are of no help in the windless heat.
11:40 some wind, sailing at 2.5 wing and wing. 12:10 3.4. 1:00 jibe to the wooden breakwater. 1:35 slip through the breakwater and onto the Pantego River. 1:40 sails down. 2:00 tied up at the public docks on Wynne's Gut in Belhaven.
Paying for my slip at the marina, I realize it is Monday. The little town is mostly closed down. Two nice restaurants, a steak place and Spoon River, both closed. The brewery, closed. I get an iced at Farm Boys, a burger stand, and sit in the shade at the marina porch. Bad timing for a visit to Belhaven. It is hot, I'm tired. Early dinner at Fish Hooks. A salad. Still hungry so I order a second salad. Back to SPARTINA. Cast off. Anchor out on there river. Set up the boom tent and relax in the shake.
18.24 NM
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