Sea Dogs

Well, we are in, Charleston South Carolina! And I do not know how to turn underlines off, not sure how I turned it on... We left Wilmington Beach Tuesday and motored to Southport and decided that the forecast looked all right for heading out into the Atlantic, so we kept going... Out Cape Fear river inlet about 3:30 PM.

Here I am making sure we are seeing all the bouys( they looked black in the light...) So the swell was building up at the inlet and it was a little bouncy, but straight forward. We then sailed through the night west-southwest toward Winyah inlet. Winds were from the northwest at 15 to 25 pretty steady through the night, so we were heading into it pretty hard... We had to hold between 50 and 60 degrees off the wind to keep our course. The swell was not huge, but it came at such a short period that the bow would bounce in the air off one and land right on top of another and it was a bit hard to keep up any speed. We were slamming pretty good down belowdecks. It was also a really cold night which made the night long... Kristen snoozed after cleaning up the bed that she made in the salon after Skippy decided to pee all over it. She held her watch for almost 4hrs until I was on again. I think her watch was a bit of a pound and a bit wetter than mine. When I came on, the winds finally shifted to the North and we could fall off the wind a bit which made all the difference!!! Wind-Borne and the Crew all like sailing further downwind than 60 degrees! We rocketed off on a beam reach(which is about 90 degrees to the wind) sorry for all the sailing talk! We no longer pounded and everyone was happy! I think Skippy most of all. He is a downwind Doggy!

Here is the Salon after the night... Pretty trashed!

And here is Skippy after the night. Pretty trashed also!

We hove to outside Winyah Inlet for the sun to come up for a couple hours. Heaving to is like setting the boat to stall mode where it doesn't move very fast anywhere... Anyways, when it got light we proceeded in to Georgetown, SC which is up the river 5 or 6 miles. When we finally got fueled up and back to a dock to sleep, it was noon. We had been going for 26 hours or so and slept pretty well!

We both felt pretty good about our dip offshore and our first overnighter!

Pretty Excited to see our first Palm trees! Hopefully warmer weather soon!

Lots of beautiful places and anchorages!!!

In Charleston, we walked around and enjoyed the city a lot! So much history and old buildings!

We saw this fountain and after reading the rules, couldn't help ourselves!

Not sure if you can read them, but #1 is no Solo wading, #13 states the maximum amount of waders should not exceed 25, #5 states that those with diarreah illness should refrain from wading, #7 No persons with open lesions or wounds should wade, #11 all those wading should take a shower prior to wading. Despite the rules and the cold temperatures, Kristen decided to go for a dip...

Charleston is really a beautiful City though! We have a few things to fix, and should be here for a few days.

We miss you all and hope everything is going well!!!