Safely anchored at Cape Lookout

We are safely at anchor inside a protected bight at Cape Lookout. We got round Cape Fear OK though the winds were quite strong through the night. We decided to stop here for the night because the weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow is not so good. This is a large anchorage, well protected from the waves in any direction. It is not so well protected from the wind but I think we will be fine and could use a good night's sleep.

We have had one mishap. We had to tack downwind and one time as we jibed the main across we didn't let the sheet run as the boom went across. There must have been a strong gust just then and the boom pulled down on the main and ripped it just below the first reef. We sailed all day today with the main double reefed but still made good progress because the winds were mostly 20 to 25 kts. Tomorrow morning we'll take a closer look at it and see if we can use the sail with one reef in it until Jacksonville/St Augustine where I'll find somewhere to repair it.