June 16th- Beaufort, NC

Rain. Lots and lots of rain. It’s raining cats and dogs. Buckets of rain.

We’re still in Beaufort. The weather has been consistently bad. Someone suggested to me a while back that I try the Windy App on my phone. This app gives you local weather with a graphic interface that emphasizes wind speed and direction. This is important to anyone on the water. Another feature is local satellite weather that shows exactly where the rain clouds are and where they are going next. When the rain let’s up I start checking the radar for weather windows where we can dinghy to shore and stay reasonably dry. Today we got in for a few hours of land based recreation.

I feel like I’m living in a fish bowl.

For recreation, we’ve been catching rain water. The water comes off of the awning, goes down the string, and ends it’s journey in the bucket. I then filter it through a Brita pitcher. We’ve filled our water tanks.

Make the rain stop.

It’s been nine months since we’ve left Dartmouth on Catalpa. We haven’t slept on land in nine months. It’s been a great time. I checked the distances last night. Taking the inside route (ICW, bays, Long Island Sound, etc.), from New Bedford to Boot Key Harbor is 1850 miles (1608 nm). By the end of the trip we’ll have taken Catalpa 3700 miles.

There might be a break in the weather tomorrow.