[NYCAP123]

"From Beaufort North to Coinjock, I avoid the ICW and run albermarle sound,"
I think you're referring to Pamlico Sound then into Albemarle. Personally I prefer Alligator River to Albemarle as Pamlico tends to kick up and you only lose a couple of hours. Beaufort to Norfolk on the inside is almost mandatory. That's Cape Hattaras. Did the outside there in a gale once...not twice.
"I've also been stopping at Golden Isles if I can make it further then St. Aug, or Fernandina.....it's a nice easy stop." Melissa is a good dockmaster there, and they now have a good restaurant. We recently tried to make Charleston to St. Augustine, but the seas weren't co-operating. Most of the boats that left with us headed into Hilton Head. We pushed on to St. Simon which put us within range of Daytona on the inside. Watch that inlet in a cross wind though. Bad stuff on both sides (channel is good though) and it's a long entrance.