The forecast is for a couple of more windy days. It's still blowing 25 knots at Cape Lookout which is close by. We'll stay put for another day here in Beaufort and reevaluate tomorrow.
Fortunately, Beaufort is a nice town, with things to do, so it's not the worst place to be stuck. Yesterday I went to the local maritime museum, where they have an exhibit with artifacts from Blackbeard's ship, "Queen Anne's Revenge". Blackbeard operated up and down the east coast and into the Bahamas and Caribbean, but he met his demise here in North Carolina waters in hand to hand combat during an encounter with another ship. The authorities put his head on a pike at the entrance to Hampton Roads as a warning to others.
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