DEP. BEAUFORT SC 07:50 ARR. CHARLESTON, SC 3:35
D. 68.2sm / 4531.3
We left Beaufort SC with Evelyn and Sid Tilstra on “Something Special” and the departure was a hair raiser. Because of the current there was a very large “raft” of reeds that formed an almost solid mass behind their boat so thick that it took them attempts to get the boat to move astern into the current. When they got under way we very easily left our slip and joined them for the long ride to Charleston, SC. The course is so convoluted that we cruised almost 70 miles to go a distance of 54 miles as the crow flies. For the most part the rivers were wide and deep and compared to Georgia, easier to navigate. We averaged 9.1 mph, a little faster than usual as we had a long distance to go. The weather was mostly cloudy with a few scattered showers. When we got to Charleston the wind picked up to 25k and we encountered 3’ waves on the Cooper River. Our biggest concern was how we would be able to pull into a slip without taking out a few boats, but the staff was on hand to “catch” us before we could do any damage.
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