Well we made it to Brunswick by car yesterday and the temperature dropped to the ’40’s last night.  Winds of up to 40 knot gusts forced us to break out the Bald Head Island warm jackets.  We walked to the bath house last night looking like official crew for a major yacht – these jackets are nice!

We got the streaming going with the Chromecast doodad I had bought; coolest thing is we have HBOgo, Netflix and WatchESPN wherever we can get Wi-Fi.  Plus some random over-the-air channels that we can get sporadically.

Today we were planning to leave, but it’s still very cold and somewhat gusty.  We have some preparations to do, getting the headsail back up, laying out the tethers for overnight passage, etc.  I have to get Ziggy trained on using her wee-wee pad, but I’m not sure how that’s going to go.

Last night we had multiple layers of quilts because it was cool on the boat.  The toughest part was the main sail halyard (rope) banging against the mast in the gusty wind.  Ed had to get up twice to go up top and tie it back.  Finally he tied it downwind and that seemed to work.

We also heard “the dinghy people” walking around on the bow in the middle of the night.  Sailors share tales of boat noises that sound like someone’s walking around above you.  Ed went and checked, the dinghy people were hiding or else they had jumped to someone else’s boat.

Ziggy didn’t bark, she slept on her spot in the salon.  So maybe she likes the dinghy people.

Unless we get done early, we will probaby leave in the morning, to go outside and get the hell out of Brunswick.