At Two PM on Thursday, we tried using the Lady I as an Ice Breaker and made an opening to the Sound. Upon our return to the dock we rapidly assembled everyone and got underway in less than one hour.
We then motored to Manteo just before dark.
After arriving in Manteo from the frozen canals of Kitty Hawk Landing, we spent a quiet night dockside and departed on schedule; 6:15. With over an hour in the dark, we achieved daylight at the Pirate's Cove bridge and traversed the Sound in relative quiet. We traveled over 83 miles in one day, a record. We approached Oriental at 7 PM over one hour past twilight.
During the approach, the Lady I ran radar and Nobeltec to ascertain her position. At 7:10 PM, the Lady I encountered a radar blib dead on the the nose 1/4 mile away. With an emergency course change both boats avoided an unlit yellow navigational can that only had some refective tape on it. With out radar, we would have struck the can.
With Lady I directing the course maneuvers, we landed at the Oriental Marina/Motel and raced off to dinner at the M&M cafe. All ended well.
Plan of the day tomorrow is to pass the original stop over at Swansboro and reach for Topsail Island. Once there, we will spend the rainy Sunday and catch Sunday Football.
The end of day Two.....
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