Like they say at the grocery store, "You can get in but you can't get out", well so it goes with Ocracoke for us today. We made it, but the first hour or more were a slog. We didn't want to wait another day for the wind and waves to settle so off we charged back into Pamlico Sound. Moving at a whole 3 knots/hr, we hobby horsed our way up the Silver Lake channel. We knew full well that once we could turn west that we'd be fine.
The most gracious thing happened in the channel. We had checked AIS to see if any ferries were coming in. Coast was clear. But we took sooo long to move ahead, that one came along. Ernie gave him a call, let him know we'd do our best to stay out of his way. And he told us to come ahead, he'd wait! That 's huge in this circumstance. Unbelievable.
We loved the island and the shores. We'll be back.
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