January 10, 2025

0830 Captn OhNo calls crew meeting to discuss upciming weather events. He recommends tying up at the Beaufort Docks for the night to weather the storm with heavy winds forecasted overnight. The crew agrees.

1000 Crew raises Little Baby Pisces and prepares Pisces for raising the anchor and docking. This means stowing all items that could fall over down below and preparing fenders and lines on the docking side of the boat.

1045 Anchor is raised and Pisces is docked at the verrrryyyyy end of the Beaufort Dock.

1115 Crew disembarks the boat to explore the town and locate the bath house for taking showers. Capt OhNo walks to a marine chandlery (marine shop where hardcore people shop). Popcorn and Swabs explore the shops and historic district.

1230 Crew convenes at Pisces for lunch.

1400 Capt OhNo and Popcorn get back in the dinghy and work on projects from the water: anchor bridle chaffing protection (this is where the ropes that hold the anchor rub against a very intense, very thick steel cable that spans the front of the boat causing damage to the ropes that could, over time, cause the ropes to fail). They come up with a fun name for their project “Chaffety Saftey” which spirals into several jingles and a fictional company called Chaffety Safety with a slogan of “Chaffing Safely since 1970'”. They then move on to cleaning the ENTER HERE which is an incredible transformation (see pictures below) and finally Capt OhNo bolts down the life raft case (see Day 6 to hear more about the life raft).

1500 Lt. Swabs showers, OhNo and Popcorn go shopping at the little boutiques on main street in Beaufort. Popcorn purchases a “Duck Camp” shirt in honor of her brother Jacob (who loved to duck hunt).

1600 Lt. Swabs and Capt OhNo chat on the phone with loved ones. Popcorn sets out on foot to find the Library with only a general idea of where it might be but leaves her phone behind. She never does find it (later she discovers the Library has moved outside of downtown so this mission was never going to succeed) but she does find two Little Free Libraries!!!

1730 Crew order pizza and mac n cheese from Black Sheep and settle into Pisces for a movie night with Pirates of the Caribbean.

2030 Lights out!