N32° 10.778', W80° 46.637'
Tonight finds us at anchor on Broad Creek, in Hilton Head Island, just west of the Palmetto Bay Marina.
We left Osprey Marina on a cold Thursday morning, but it warmed up as the day went on. We had considered going into Georgetown SC, as we had heard good things about it, but instead decided to bypass it for now, and perhaps visit it on our return trip next spring. We ended up anchoring out on Minim Creek, just to the east of the middle of no-where. :-) It was actually a very nice spot, peaceful and quite scenic.
After a nice quiet night we pressed on on Friday with Charleston as our next destination. We had planned to anchor just to the east of Charleston, and then on Saturday push through to the main Charleston harbour anchorage, but a good current boost got us there sooner than we had anticipated, so we decided to push through to Charleston harbour that afternoon. We got into the harbour and got the hook down by 1530.
Charleston had been on our list of spots to pause and do the touristy thing, so Saturday morning we dropped the dinghy into the water. The outboard decided it wanted the day off, so I left it on the mothership and rowed Dar and I in to the Charleston City Marina dinghy dock. We lucked out with the current, having it carry us towards the docks in the morning, and then after it switched it carried us back to the boat in the afternoon.
We spent some time poking about in the farmer's market in Marion Square, but our primary destination for the day was the South Carolina Aquarium. It was a little pricey, at $25 a head, but we spoiled ourselves anyways and spent most of the afternoon wandering around enjoying the exhibits and looking at all the cool fish aquariums they had. The best was the deep sea aquarium, a huge box, 45' deep with foot thick acrylic windows. There were sharks and barracudas in there, as well as a lot of other species of deep sea fish, including some of the biggest and scariest looking tuna I'd ever seen.
We left Charleston on Sunday morning, fighting the current for most of the morning. In one cut (a cut is a man-made canal between and joining two rivers) we had more than 5 knots of current against us. Travelling by boat in tidal waters you quickly learn to accept the currents. As often as you have a knot or two against you, you'll end up with the same pushing you along, so it pretty much evens out.
We stopped for the night last night at a nice anchorage on the Ashepoo River. We had dolphins playing around us until dark, and then again this morning.
This morning we continued on, pushing through Beaufort SC, which again was another spot we had wanted to stop in, but decided to defer until the return trip in the spring. We had good weather for travel today, and had friends vacationing in Hilton Head SC for the week, so we wanted to get there today in order to be able to spend some time tomorrow visiting with them. After that we'll continue our trek on Wednesday, bidding goodbye to the Carolinas, and hello to Georgia, which will be the eighth state we'll have visited so far.
Tonight finds us at anchor on Broad Creek, in Hilton Head Island, just west of the Palmetto Bay Marina.
We left Osprey Marina on a cold Thursday morning, but it warmed up as the day went on. We had considered going into Georgetown SC, as we had heard good things about it, but instead decided to bypass it for now, and perhaps visit it on our return trip next spring. We ended up anchoring out on Minim Creek, just to the east of the middle of no-where. :-) It was actually a very nice spot, peaceful and quite scenic.
After a nice quiet night we pressed on on Friday with Charleston as our next destination. We had planned to anchor just to the east of Charleston, and then on Saturday push through to the main Charleston harbour anchorage, but a good current boost got us there sooner than we had anticipated, so we decided to push through to Charleston harbour that afternoon. We got into the harbour and got the hook down by 1530.
Charleston had been on our list of spots to pause and do the touristy thing, so Saturday morning we dropped the dinghy into the water. The outboard decided it wanted the day off, so I left it on the mothership and rowed Dar and I in to the Charleston City Marina dinghy dock. We lucked out with the current, having it carry us towards the docks in the morning, and then after it switched it carried us back to the boat in the afternoon.
We spent some time poking about in the farmer's market in Marion Square, but our primary destination for the day was the South Carolina Aquarium. It was a little pricey, at $25 a head, but we spoiled ourselves anyways and spent most of the afternoon wandering around enjoying the exhibits and looking at all the cool fish aquariums they had. The best was the deep sea aquarium, a huge box, 45' deep with foot thick acrylic windows. There were sharks and barracudas in there, as well as a lot of other species of deep sea fish, including some of the biggest and scariest looking tuna I'd ever seen.
We left Charleston on Sunday morning, fighting the current for most of the morning. In one cut (a cut is a man-made canal between and joining two rivers) we had more than 5 knots of current against us. Travelling by boat in tidal waters you quickly learn to accept the currents. As often as you have a knot or two against you, you'll end up with the same pushing you along, so it pretty much evens out.
We stopped for the night last night at a nice anchorage on the Ashepoo River. We had dolphins playing around us until dark, and then again this morning.
This morning we continued on, pushing through Beaufort SC, which again was another spot we had wanted to stop in, but decided to defer until the return trip in the spring. We had good weather for travel today, and had friends vacationing in Hilton Head SC for the week, so we wanted to get there today in order to be able to spend some time tomorrow visiting with them. After that we'll continue our trek on Wednesday, bidding goodbye to the Carolinas, and hello to Georgia, which will be the eighth state we'll have visited so far.
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