November 9th to 12th
First a little venting... The ICW is becoming a sadly neglected important waterway. I know that South Carolina has had some horrific flooding but the near impassibility of several areas, confusing markers, bridge schedules, and confusing "advise" from several on line forums..power yachts with little regard for their wakes, fishing vessels who totally ignore everyone else on the waterway, our crossing from Wrightsville to Charleston was one of the most miserable, tense, frustrating experiences we have had.
We left Georgetown at 6:15 AM in cold rain... Tom at the helm... We needed to made a stretch around McClellanville, where we were warned the passage was impossible at low tide. There were coastal flood warnings and fortunately we made it through this area with little bother, more to the blessing and curse of the cold rain. We finally hit the wall close to the Ben Sawyer Swing bridge where the markers and shallow water conspired to finally run us aground and we waited 1/2 hour for higher water to get back to moving on.
We made it to Charleston Harbor Marina... this is suppose to be a #1 facility and they charge accordingly. Sad to say they are not maintaining the facility, their pump out boat still is not functioning. The staff is helpful but it is not worth the charge. Unfortunately the other marinas we would have preferred to be in were full so it was our only choice.
Tom and I discussed staying on the inside and dealing with more frustration or waiting a day and going outside and making the 147 nautical mile trip in 25 hours instead of 4 days on the inside.
It was not sailing weather, but the ocean was calm and we are now safely at hour Thanksgiving Holiday dock in Brunswick GA.
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| Tom at the helm leaving Georgetown |
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| view from our berth at Charleston Harbor Marina |
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| Leaving Charleston |
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| Dinner in the Atlantic, |
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| and of course I am still knitting only 8 projects going |
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I popped out and the landscape was drizzly wet marsh with one
lone dead tree with a wet Eagle
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Leaving Charleston, in the harbor was a large swath of what looked
like soap bubbles |
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| sunset in the Atlantic... |
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| sunrise after a cold and quiet night |
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| entering St Simons Sound |
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Sidney Lanie Bridge,185' tall.
no problems |
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marsh land view from our berth. Great during the day
then the mosquitoes came out in the evening |
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Cool Hand Too at rest till December 1st.
Now to fetch our car from Oriental NC |
