Beaufort, SC 32 25.800N 80 40.346 W

Up against the wall!

This morning about 6AM I was sure I felt some one on the boat. I grabbed my flashlight ("torch") and headed upstairs to the deck. Nothing seemed amiss as I peeked out into the aft deck, and that's when I saw it. The newspaper had been delivered! Such a cool place.

We reluctantly pulled out of Harbor Town about Noon. We had spent the morning over a pot of coffee and the paper. Later in the morning I had washed down the hull with "free water" and cleaned windows and filled the water tank. Deidre did 4 loads of wash, made the bed and vacuumed the Salon, Galley and RPH. It was a relaxing and productive morning.

We headed out about Noon. We were planning a short run - about 4 hours to Beaufort, SC. We had boated to Beaufort before in the Bayliner, from Charleston, and had fun memories. It was a beautiful day - AT LAST - blue sky, a 5-10 kt breeze, lots or porpoises and even a manta ray.

The bulkhead - Beaufort, SC

Beaufort has a marina ($1.75 per foot) and a bulkhead ($0.50 per foot) and some places to anchor out. We chose the bulkhead, it looked OK.

There were some people wandering along as we approached and Deidre yelled out "catch this" and tossed them a line, with the specific instruction: "Tie it to something!"

View from the aft deck

That was a couple of hours ago when the tide was about 50%. Now its about 90% and I feel we are in an elevator with windows. All we can see is dead mussel shells! We were invited by a bunch of trawler people to join them for dinner, but had to admit that we could not get off the boat!

(Actually its not so bad. Deidre is making a Boboli Pizza in the Microwave Convection oven, and those are good.)

We do want to go out for breakfast, as we have great memories of breakfast with Sue and Bruce at a local "greasy spoon" and we want to relive the experience. So I have been experimenting with different approaches for Deidre to get off the boat in the AM when the tide will be a bit higher.

We managed to get to breakfast. Tide Hiker managed to make an appearance as the tide rolled in. (Who is the short, fat old guy in the photo?)