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A Cabo Rico 38 named Coralia departs Hatteras Harbor in January, bound for Cape Canaveral in a roughly 48-hour offshore passage down the U.S. East Coast. The crew stages through Beaufort, North Carolina, leaving at 0730 and motoring past Wrightsville Beach toward Frying Pan Shoals after four hours of sailing when the wind dies. Fog rolls in and lifts quickly on Pamlico Sound.▶ 5:52 The boat enters Charleston Harbor overnight, navigating around large merchant vessels in a busy channel, then departs close-hauled under full main and staysail at 6.5–7 knots, waiting on a forecast wind shift from west to northwest.▶ 11:22 That shift arrives later than predicted, pushing Coralia dangerously close to the Gulf Stream and forcing a brutal close-hauled slog in short, steep waves three to four seconds apart in low-20-knot winds.▶ 16:11 Once the shift finally materializes, the boat broad-reaches at 135 degrees apparent for the final leg, arriving at Port Canaveral in approximately 48 hours dock-to-dock.▶ 18:50 Cold January conditions — near-freezing overnight temperatures — are a persistent factor throughout. Delayed wind shifts near the Gulf Stream can force a close-hauled beat in steep, closely spaced seas that make the approach far harder than the forecast suggests.

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