Moving On

Finally preparing to go further on south. On to Charleston! I got a job there with Cyber Sprocket Labs LLC being a programmer guy full time. I'm so excited. The past couple of weeks I've been working mad overtime on learning stuff I haven't had use to use before but may be using them at my new job. Things like PHP and SQL. But this isn't the place to talk about code. The plan is to go south via the ocean. There's several different routes, but I'm hoping the weather will grant us the most direct route, albeit probably an overnight trip.

The red line is the route I'll be taking.

As you can see, we'll be taking a route staying less than 4-5 nm off shore, allowing us to take up at an anchorage if we so desire if the weather were to become non-cooperative. Even then, that route only adds on four or five hours vs. the extreme direct route.

As of right now, there will hopefully be two people going, David, the guy who taught me to sail, will be coming down from VA Beach to get some blue water experience (we both need it) and I'm hoping to find a third guy (or gal) to go along with, especially if they're more experienced.

Overall I'm excited, with everything from the trip itself to starting at a real job to meeting new people.

Planning a trip is a lot of work, it really is, everything from the route, figuring out how much food to bring, stops along the way, organizing crew, planning with the weather ... all in all ... I love it.


Until next time,

Robert Landers
S/V Blue Macs

To the Beach!!

Last weekend, we made it a four day vacation from here, at the Cape Fear Marina, down to Snow's Cut and back up to Wrightsville Beach. It was a blast! We got to see a lot of dolphins, spend some quality time together, teach Jessica how to sail the boat, and take Blue Macs out on the ocean for the first time. Just watch the video ... but you might want to get some popcorn first ...