After finishing up a few last minutes tasks we departed on the first day of trip back to Stamford, CT... departing at 0900.

It was quite windy for most of the day with winds 20-30 knots... we were in protected waters so even with the high winds seas were 1 to 2 foot... typically less than 1 foot.

We did get a great boost in speed from the current for the first 30 to 40 minutes pushing us over 9 knots... Did not see a real big boost again until the end of the day... pushing us about 8.5 knots as we approached Beaufort, SC... and like the morning boost it only lasted for about 40 minutes.

We did see or rather heard a lot of boat traffic on the VHF around us heading north... but nothing got close enough to actually see anyone. Maybe tomorrow we will actually see some other boats.

We arrived to Beaufort, SC at approximately 1720 and were securely on a mooring ball at 1730. Our position tonight is N32°25.707', W080°40.890'. We traveled today for 8 hours and 30 minutes covering 58.8 nautical mile averaging 6.9 knots.

The mooring field is actually pretty full... I think we got the last available mooring ball.