April 11th, 2018
Georgetown
This is 'Pearl' in the morning sun - what a lovely boat she is.
April 11th, 2018
Georgetown
We have loved our two days in Georgetown for it is very friendly, quiet and interesting. I had no idea that Georgetown used to be the world's biggest exporter of rice by far. The Rice Museum opened up a world I didn't know existed and we look forward having more time to explore a plantation when we return on our way south. This is a picture of 'Pearl' at anchor in the evening - stunning.
April 11th, 2018
Bridge
For all that we loved the day as it blew a few cobwebs away and we couldn't believe the wildlife as we steamed through the nature reserve. We had Pelican dive bombing, Egrit stabbing, Cormorant swimming, Birds of prey swooping and lots of dolphin. An incredible place - this is our first bridge.
April 11th, 2018
Cold
Daft to leave Charleston when we did weather-wise but we had itchy feet and a deadline looming to make Chesapeake in the near future. It was very cold, raining and we had head winds so we decided to have a go at the Inter Coastal Waterway with Georgetown in our sites. Thermal socks, gloves, hats and neck towel to go with the full thermals and wet weather gear. For all that I still ended up doing star jumps to stay warm after ten hours in the cockpit. We were reminded of Cornish mizzle as visibility dropped and it went dark.
April 11th, 2018
Mega Dock
Before I cover the trip here I just wanted to share a picture of the marina pontoon in Charleston for it was a quarter of a mile long. I haven't seen anything like it before in terms of scale and infrastructure. Its called the 'mega dock' and has fuel pumps all the way along to feed the thirsty Inter coastal waterway boats. Chatting to the lads they get through three road tankers of fuel a day in the busy season!!
April 11th, 2018
Old Fish House aka The Big Tuna
This comes from the 'Old Fish House Bar' aka 'The Big Tuna' in Georgetown where we are having lunch and using their wifi to catch up a bit on the blog. I say a bit for there is so much to cover and I don't have as much as I would have liked for we are off to Chesapeake in the morning and I have a few jobs lined up. I need to go up the mast, do my passage planning, stow the Bimini, fit the cockpit cold weather shelter etc etc. Tracey chipped her front tooth so she has an appointment with a dentist and a list of her own to nail down, its busy times. This is Brittany and Sammi who have been looking after us - such nice people here.
April 7th, 2018
Lovely little ship
Stumbled across the MOD's latest procurement to maintain our Naval reach - quake in your boots world, quake in your boots......
April 7th, 2018
laundry
It's not often that we look forward to the laundry bag filling up but have to confess that that's the case here for the laundry sits above 'Salty Mikes'. Without question the best bar we have found in the US so far. One of its charms is its authenticity, no corporate theme's here and so it attracts interesting people from across the community. Added to that the food is fantastic and they pour wine as if its tea - what more could you ask? Last night we ended up drinking with students from the military college and were dragged along to the Irish bar with fantastic live music. So nice to meet bright young capable people who I am sure will make their mark on the world.
