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Bella
Wrightsville Beach, NC
Charter captain and wannabe cruiser, currently living aboard a 44’ cat, Bella. She and I spend summers in Wrightsville Beach, NC and winters in the USVI. I’ve had the goal of sailing around the world since I was a little kid…My parents circumnavigated before I was born, and I grew up on their adventurous stories of sailing! Thus, my only life plans are to work on boats until I can buy my own!
Ending my very last charter on sweet Bella!
Spent the morning exploring Bald Head Island by golf cart, then left the marina and sailed out the inlet. Beautiful conditions for a nice relaxing sail. Turned around and came on in to anchor for the night.
Day one of my last little charter on Bella! Got some lovely repeat customers onboard for a 2 night trip.
Fullll circle indeed! Two seasons of WB-USVI complete. Felt pretty wild bringing Bella back in the inlet to Wrightsville today. And with 3 other young crew with me! Also multiple dolphin visits this morning!! We made incredible time for the first 36 hours - beautiful 18kt winds that pushed us along at 8-10kts. Thennn it died, but the glassy calm ocean was beautiful in its own way. Ate good food, played lots of hangman, slapped each other with tortillas, and journaled a lot. Gotta have a good mix of laughs and introspection out there. I also got to explore some new spots in the Bahamas this time around - the beautiful Abacos! Our final anchorage before this leg was my favorite for sure. Moraine Cay was definitely the best way to end my island season.
Easy sail over to our snorkel spot! One last stop before we head home! During this sail I made little key lime pies!
Very excited to jump in the water and check out this reef! Got the place all to ourselves :)
Motor-sailed up to Powell Cay after our little pit stop in Hope Town. So so so beautiful here. Going to enjoy this one last night on anchor before starting the trek up to NC! Also excited to wake up and see this anchorage in the daylight :) Repped our Goombay punch shirts 😎 we scored (free) at the regatta in Georgetown. Just lookin like a bunch of goons
Got an earlyyy start north to Warderick Wells for a nice hike before our long sail! Just as gorgeous as I remember. Then we spent the day sailing up and across the banks. Made it past the shallows/rocks before dark and thennnn our autopilot went completely dark. Lost depth, AIS, and wind speed too. Not so great for nighttime sailing in the Bahamas! We fiddled with some wires (which we had found seemed to be causing the autopilot to go dark momentarily whenever we hit a big wave and then kick back on) for a while with no luck. So hand steering it was! At least it was just one night with 4 people. I slept like a rock all cozy on the floor of the helm! Morning came aaaand just like that, it all came back on! Caroline says it was afraid of the dark. Now we’re anchored safely in Hope Town and it’s time to investigate further. Also idk why the track stopped and made it look like I sailed over an island…
New crew! Day sail from Georgetown to Staniel Cay. 2/4 crew were feeling seasick, but it was a good sail and nice to arrive at the beautiful Staniel Cay with good daylight left.
