trailering Spartina down through North Carolina in a steady rain

Steve looking over the chart the night before launch

Bruce at the tiller in light rain as we head up Core Sound

Steve fishing along the marsh on the Core Banks

Bruce taking notes in his journal in the evening

Steve watching the setting sun out the back of the boom tent

Clear skies and a breeze on Core Sound

Bruce relaxing as we head up Core Sound

A thunderstorm following us north on the way to Wainwright Island

Moving to a little deeper anchorage at Wainwright Island with foul weather gear drying out on the boom

Bruce walking across the shallows at Wainwright Island

Steve relaxing at anchor

Bruce sleeping at dawn (note the nearby bug spray)

Bow wave at six knots as we cross the Neuse River

Steve at the tiller on a reach to Oriental

After dropping sails Bruce looks around the harbor at Oriental

Tied up at the public dock in Oriental

Evening refreshments harbor side in Oriental

The sun setting behind the mizzen

Down the Intracoastal Waterway

Bruce at the tiller as we motor down the waterway

Passing through the bascule bridge in Beaufort

Anchored off of Bird Shoal near Beaufort

Heading down Taylor Creek at six knots before dawn

Back at the dock at Harkers Island Fishing Center

On the Hatteras-Ocracoke Ferry as we head home