Sunday 29 March 2020
Underway at 0740 again and anchored 61 miles down the track
at 1630 about 3.5 miles north of Beaufort, SC at Brickyard Point. Today’s run in clear, 80-degree weather saw us exiting the southern side
of Charleston Harbor into the AICW passing many interesting homes and very few
northbound cruisers. We transited
several one to two mile long “cuts” which tend to be shallow in one part or
another as we exited one river and entered another. Our longest run in any river was in the
Coosaw which is right nearby. Waters
transited were mostly wide and deep enough that being a bit off the channel was
not an issue – that is always a great relief to the helmsperson. Luckily at the cuts we arrived with a fairly
high tide, and judging by the scary shallow readings a couple of times, we
needed it! Our plans for tomorrow are to
try to take advantage of the predicted 1-2 foot seas and light winds tomorrow
and into Tuesday to make a 130-mile, overnight jump down the coast running
overnight straight from Port Royal Sound to Jacksonville, FL. This will be an opportunity for us to try out
the active fin stabilizers this boat is equipped with. The owner says in four foot seas or less,
they are amazingly effective. We have
done this sort of open water travel a number times on the 165-mile crossing
from Dog Island near Apalachicola to Tarpon Springs when taking Calypso back
and forth to south Florida. This is a
much more capable vessel than Calypso was for open water travel.
