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Winds from the southwest today, really blowing but much warmer. The boats on the outside of the mega-dock are getting pressed against their bumpers. We are good on the inside. Decided on a full Charleston day today mixed with some shopping. The first stop was the Angel Oak on John’s Island which is across the

Morning boat chores consisted of a trip to the fuel dock and then back to our slip, which was good practice and went smoothly. We then took the 11 am shuttle that the marina offers daily to West Marine. Harris Teeter is right next door. The marina offers all kinds of services including a pump

We left our old marina at slack tide. With lines and a couple of dockhands, we were able to turn Josie around so that we could exit going forward. After that, David did a beautiful job despite the strong wind against us. We motored to Safe Harbor Charleston City Marina. They placed us on a

Arrived at Charleston harbor with the sun rising behind us. It was easy to navigate into the harbor with calm seas. Except when the container ship passed in the channel. We had experienced the steep wake of these things in the bay so David was prepared. We turned into it a bit and washed our

We left Little River inlet with a goal of heading to Charleston. We were the last boat out, getting a later start with the idea of arriving Charleston Harbor in daylight. Initially, sailing was good and we were able to sail all day. It was mostly a beam reach in light winds and we sailed

Decided on a destination of Little River, South Carolina. The winds were supposed to increase to possible 30 knot gusts around 2 am on the potential 24 hour run to Charleston. Our first ( second attempted) outside passage to Little River looked good with good sailing winds, calm seas and a short passage into a

Thanksgiving on the boat. Strong southwest winds as predicted today pushing us away from the dock. It is warm here, predicted to get colder when the wind changes to the North tonight. Walked to bathhouse at dawn and heard great horned owls calling. Spotted two of them on top of a mast. Watched them fly

Quiet night in Safe Harbor. Got fuel in the am, bought 12 gallons for about a quarter tank. We called Billy’s ride share for a ride to explore Southport. Billy asked us what we wanted to do there. “Explore a bit and buy some warm clothes,” we said. “I don’t mean to be nosy,” he

We had looked at destinations and determined that Southport was our next stop. The section of the ICW beyond Southport is tricky and it is recommended to do the trip mid tide to mid tide due to our friend shoaling. There is no way to get through there today and high tide at 4 pm