Well here we are at the anchorage with a nice almost
full-moon glistening on the water. Linda is working on another wonderful
dinner. Tonight a tempe stir-fry. We need to make tonight another early night
to get out early again in the morning.
Should be able to pull out about 630 in the morning. When
doing the ICW travel in daylight is the rule so last week I made an almanac of
celestial information. I believe we can safely travel from the beginning of
morning civil twilight to the end of evening civil twilight. There are 3 phases
of the sun that have significance for nautical operations. The very first light
of day is the beginning of morning nautical twilight. That is the true crack of
dawn. The next is beginning morning civil twilight. Civil twilight is when
there is enough light to see what’s going on but no direct light. Then finally
is sunrise when the sun comes over the horizon. Sundown and evening have the
same events.
So at this time of year there is about 11 hours of useable
daylight. Considering that we can travel about 8 miles per hour achieving 80+
miles a day is reasonable if there are no stoppages like bridges or closings.
We should have no problem making it to Cherry Point tomorrow afternoon in
daylight from where we are. We will probably go into Oriental for fuel and a
pump out before going on.
Shortly after we got the anchor down and straightened up the moon came over the horizon. It was nearly full as Saturday night is full moon.
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