Skip Gundlach wrote:

We'd called the local TowBoatUS captain, who was kind enough to
walk us through the intricacies of local anchoring and locales
for our use in the area, but despite his suggestions for
location, we tried for more than two hours and half a dozen
locations up and down Taylor Creek to put down the hook in a
satisfactory manner. So, despite the pain in our pocketbook and

That's why we anchored in Town Creek instead of Taylor Creek.

our resolution to avoid such stuff, we're now ensconced in the
care and custody of the Beaufort Town Docks at the same $2 a foot
as was the case in Charleston. This time, however, the street's a

However, 8 hours after we start that
regime, despite the solar shutting off (as designed, with full
charge), and the heat dump on the wind (the wind has continued
while we've been here, and the controller on that one moves the
charge to a heat strip) proving our otherwise full charge, we've
not achieved any higher voltage than would be the case in a
normal charge.

We usually shut off the wind generator when we are in a marina as a
courtesy to others. Bob has the solar panels set so that if the
batteries are fully charged, they excess goes to operate fans. One in
the forward cabin and one aft.
. Connectivity will be spotty
along the way, but we'll check in as we're able.

There are or used to be marinas with connectivity.in Oriental,
Belhaven, the Alligator River marina, Coinjock, Great Bridge and
Norfolk. There may even be wi-fi.