Ocracoke!!!

Chris Hannant

We departed Beaufort, NC in the morning with light winds, which was fine since we had to motor up Adams Creek anyway. The wind finally started to fill in as we entered the Pamlico Sound but the angle sucked. Tried tacking through it but it was too inefficient to get us to the sketchy Ocracoke channel before dark, so cut the motor on again until we could get the angle to sail. Started off with full sail and code 0, then as the wind increased we swapped the code for the jib. The wind kept increasing as forecast but didn’t end up as far behind us as I had anticipated. Got a little greedy with our speed and didn’t reef till the wind really started picking up. I put one in, but then it REALLY started picking up so two minutes later decided on a second. Was a little hectic! Dropped anchor in Silver Lake, Ocracoke. This is special for us since I’m from the Outer Banks and I’ve been coming here my whole life but never under sail! Ocracoke is actually one of my clients and I’ve done a lot of photo/video work for their tourism bureau. Janie and I have wanted to sail here for years and we finally made it happen!

Boat & Crew

Cloud II

Lagoon, 40

Janie Munsey

First Mate

Talon

Child, Male

Chris Hannant

Owner