Tuesday, April 23, 2013. We were off the dock in Beaufort, SC at 6:45am, along with Teri
Ann (Mainship 40 Trawler with Al and Teri Jensen), Symmetry (Lagoon 380
Catamaran with Lisa Brooks and Tom Schlagel), Baboo (Island Packet 40 with Cindy
Lilly and Bob Wenneson) – and a couple of other boats that we did not see
again. The reason for the early
departure was to make the 7am opening of the Ladies Island Bridge. If you miss that, the bridge does not open
again until 9am. This also allowed us
to pass some shallow parts of the ICW with a favorable tide – which we managed
to do without touching bottom today.
The skies are PC and it is chilly – about 55 degrees. We have a couple of layers on and the Mr.
Heater keeping the cockpit warm.
About 1 PM, our calculations show that we will not make the
opening of the Wappoo Creek Bridge at 3:30pm.
Baboo called the bridge tender, and while the publications say the
openings are restricted from 4pm to 6:30pm, they don’t open at 4pm. The last scheduled opening is at 3:30pm. They will, however, open the bridge at
6:30pm instead of 7pm. We slow way down
and still get close to the bridge by 4:30pm.
Baboo is anchored alongside the channel and we raft to them for cocktail
hour. At 5:45pm, we break up the party
and head for the bridge, along with Symmetry, a Trawler Summker Skis and three
other boats.
At 7:30pm, we finally get the anchor to hold and we are
anchored across the channel from the City Marina. Dinner on board.
Tomorrow, we will leave in time to make the 9am opening of the Ben
Sawyer Bridge, which is the other side of Charleston Harbor, Hopefully, we will make it to Georgetown,
SC, tomorrow.
67SM,
53NM today. 32° 46.59’ N 079° 57.23’W. Mile Marker 469
Wednesday, April 24, 2013. We have the anchor up at 8:10am and are following Baboo towards
the Ben Sawyer Bridge. Lots of dew last
night. A front went through and it is
chilly this morning. Sunny, no wind. We
get to the bridge for the 9am opening and head north. Baboo is aground at Green Marker 119. He gets off, but I seem to remember that you are supposed to
favor the red side along here. After
checking my chart notes and Active Captain, there are lots of shoals between
here and Georgetown, so we will have to be extra diligent.
By 2pm, the wind has gone SE at 10-15. We put up a sail and are making 7 knots over
the ground, even tho’ the tide is against us.
The horse flies must have hatched out as we have about 30 in the cockpit
and are using the fly swatter relentlessly.
They aren’t biting, but there are sure a bunch of them.
We arrive at Hazard Marine in Georgetown, SC, at
5:30pm. This is the second time we have
been in here and both times, they had someone wait for us (they close at 5),
help us get tied up, plug in the electric and fuel us. However, there fuel nozzle, is not set up
for a sailboat. It about a foot long
and 1 ½ inches in diameter and pumps 15 gallons a minute. So we wind up refueling from the jerry cans
we carry and refilling those. The
attendant helped with all of this. Nice
tip for him this evening.
Baboo chose to tie up at the Riverwalk Marina. The dock they put them on was old and
falling apart. They advertise new
floating dock, but a lot of those are “coming by the fall”. We met Bob and Cindy (Baboo) for dinner at
the River Walk. The food was good, but
not cheap. A nice evening was had by
all.
32°
21.65’ N 079° 16.80’W. 67SM, 53NM today. Mile Marker 403.
Thursday, April 25, 2013. We are off the dock at 8:20am. Cloudy and sprinkles. Not as cool as yesterday morning. Someone said on the trip north, you should
stop whenever it gets chilly and let the weather catch up to you. The tide is helping us this morning, and in
fact, helps us all the way to Myrtle Beach.
We get a steady 1 to 1 ½ knot push all the way. We tie up a Barefoot Marina at 3pm. We will visit with Lisa’a cousins (Brian,
Jennifer and their kids, Lindsay and Nick) and hopefully our concierge doctor
Lachland MacKay and his wife
Diane. Brian is one of the dockmasters
here at Barefoot Marina and we will be leaving the boat here to head home for a
couple of weeks. Our Lab has to have
surgery and Lisa has some meetings to attend.
We will return on May 15 and continue the trip up to Deltaville, VA,
where we plan to leave the boat for the summer.
Lachland has been in the hospital, first with bronchitis,
then he had an allergic reaction to some meds, then they found a blockage in
one of his arteries and put in 2 stints!
He is home now recovering. We
hope to get to visit. If not, maybe on
the return trip.
At 3:30, Baboo passes by, continuing north. They are meeting grandkids at
Southport. At 4pm, the clouds thicken
and rain begins. It continues, heavy at
times all night.
033°
48.14’ N 078° 44.69’ W. 49SM 36NM today. Mile Marker 354.
Friday,
April 26, 2013. We rent a car for the week-end and drive up to Jennifers
house in Calabash, NC, pick up the kids and then dive over to the restaurant
she manages for a late lunch (The Boundary House). I had a BLT and it had the most bacon on it of any I have ever
had. When we get back to the marina,
across the ICW at Barefoot Landing is Teri Ann. We wind up going for an early dinner with them at T-Bonez, where
they have cheap drinks and eats 4-7.
They are leaving in the morning headed north.
Saturday,
April 27, 2013. Today was cleaning
day. Rhiannon got a thorough bath,
including removal of her moustache (the brown stain on the bow caused by the
coffee-colored water of the ICW). I
also changed out a pump in the aft head, as it has gotten to the point where it
no longer wants to work. I changed out
the forward one earlier in the week and then rebuilt it to I can use it in the
aft head. I also sprayed the dodger and
bimini with 303 fabric protector as the were starting to let water through,
especially after the very heavy rains we have had. I find this need to be done about every 4-6 months.
Lisa
and I went over to Barefoot Landing and had dinner at “Smokin Hot Southwestern
Grill” – just OK. Too many other
restaurants in the area to go back to this one. There are lots of ice cream places here also, so we had dessert
and then back to the boat. It is
raining again.
Sunday,
April 28, 2013. Laundry day. Showers
ashore. Clean the inside of the
boat. Terri, another of Lisa’s cousins
(Jennifer’s mom) and her son Noah and Lindsay and Nick and Brian are coming to
dinner. Tomorrow morning, we head to
the airport early.
Stay tuned!
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