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Wow, today we had a really good day. The currents and winds were with us, and we covered over 83 miles in about 14 hours. We had left at 6am in the morning, and during the day figured out how the Autopilot should be connected, so now we don’t have to stand behind the helm. The autopilot has a remote with a 10ft long cable, so you can bascially be anywhere in the cockpit and steer the boat.

The northern end of SC is really beautiful – Myrtle Beach has some amazing scenery – tall forests on either side of a deep channel – it felt almost like the everglades.

As we got into NC things changed – the waters are a lot shallower, and we got stuck in the mud three times, twice where the chart says there should be good depth, and once when we were trying to anchor for the night. We gave up on that idea, but luckily for us approaching Shallotte we passed by Betty’s Restaurant, with a sign inviting us to Dock, whcih we duly did, had a nice meal, and spent the night on their dock, for free!