day eleven - a brief and pleasant sail

Sail off anchor 6:20 on a clear, beautiful morning. Can hear the surf breaking on the beach on the other side of the banks. A flood tide running west to east, light southwest wind. Making 0.5 against the tide, then 0.9 with better wind. Shackleford Banks to port, Back Sound to starboard, and I could not be happier. 7:15 making 1.5 to the west-northwest, Beaufort Inlet markets barely visible in the…