Day 3: Yeah, That’s Right. We’re Back.

Port Royal Marina to Port Royal Sound to Port Royal Marina

After topping off our fuel we shoved off with intentions of getting to Savannah today. In spite of the high wind forecast, we thought we would press on. It didn’t look that bad from the marina…

We were motoring along quite well until we got to the Port Royal Sound with its huge fetch. The wind was gusting to 42mph with sustained winds of over 30 mph. This created a very robust conditions. Very large waves tossed Lailia around and once out near the middle of the sound, going around a marker to starboard, heading directly into the wind, we managed 1.4 knots/hour with n an engine speed of 2000 rpm.

Since we were moving at a crawl, we made the decision to return to the marina and head out the next day when the winds will be greatly diminished.

The robustness was magnified down below, too. One of the crew had a moment in which she experienced the toilet seat detaching from the toilet while various toiletries were flying through space. The captain believed that the crew member may have hit herself on the head and passed out. They could not hear one another over the sounds of the boat crashing through waves and the diesel motor. It was probably a good thing that the captain could not actually hear what the crew member was exclaiming.

Although it was close, vomit did not happen.

It was lovely to be back at the marina where the water was calm.

We will try again in the morning.