To: Charleston City Marina, Charleston, SC MM 469.3
L/L: 32 46 54N 79 56 97W
Distance Traveled: 19.7
Hours Underway: 2:55
Average Speed: 6.7 mph
Sunrise from Church Creek
Weather: Clear and sunny in the morning, overcast in the afternoon, showers in the evening; Temp range 54 to 80; wind calm to W 25+ knots in the evening and overnight
Comment: We awoke to a beautiful morning. Underway by 0730 hours, we motored up the waterway in bright sun and calm, very calm, water. We hit Elliot’s cut at max ebb. (FYI to my sailing friends: the water in Elliot’s cut ebbs to the east and floods to the west. North bound cruisers should hit it on ebb current and when south bound, you want to hit it on a flood current).
We tied up on the inside of the megadock at the Charleston City Marina. We are expecting strong west wind. Being on the inside, the wind will push us off the dock, not into it.
Amazingly, we saw the little sea pearl that I mentioned a few posts ago. When we last saw the little camp cruiser, it was anchored on the other side of the waterway from our anchorage in Skull Creek. Since we did 67 miles yesterday, and 20 today, we thought we’d be way ahead. As it turns out, we were only hours ahead. We are amazed at the speed this little cruiser travels.
The Wapoo Bascule Bridge Captain was most gracious to us. She saw us coming and radioed to ask us to “step on it.” If we could get to the bridge in two minutes, we’d make the opening. If not, we’d have to wait a half hour for the next opening. We had already put the pedal to the medal, but goosed it up a bit more. The GPS indicated that we’d be about five minutes late. There were already two sailboats waiting for passage through. The bridge tender opened the bridge about two minutes late to accommodate our arrival. We thanked her profusely!
Comment: We awoke to a beautiful morning. Underway by 0730 hours, we motored up the waterway in bright sun and calm, very calm, water. We hit Elliot’s cut at max ebb. (FYI to my sailing friends: the water in Elliot’s cut ebbs to the east and floods to the west. North bound cruisers should hit it on ebb current and when south bound, you want to hit it on a flood current).
We tied up on the inside of the megadock at the Charleston City Marina. We are expecting strong west wind. Being on the inside, the wind will push us off the dock, not into it.
Amazingly, we saw the little sea pearl that I mentioned a few posts ago. When we last saw the little camp cruiser, it was anchored on the other side of the waterway from our anchorage in Skull Creek. Since we did 67 miles yesterday, and 20 today, we thought we’d be way ahead. As it turns out, we were only hours ahead. We are amazed at the speed this little cruiser travels.
The Wapoo Bascule Bridge Captain was most gracious to us. She saw us coming and radioed to ask us to “step on it.” If we could get to the bridge in two minutes, we’d make the opening. If not, we’d have to wait a half hour for the next opening. We had already put the pedal to the medal, but goosed it up a bit more. The GPS indicated that we’d be about five minutes late. There were already two sailboats waiting for passage through. The bridge tender opened the bridge about two minutes late to accommodate our arrival. We thanked her profusely!
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