Day 12: Georgetown to Isle of Palms, SC | |
We left Georgetown on the slack low tide shortly after dawn, heading for Charleston, SC. Steve will have to leave us in Charleston as he has extended his absence from work to the maximum. Mike and I will continue on to Fort Pierce - hopefully on the long anticipated outside passage. | |
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A short distance into the canal we passed a ferry crossing. This looked like a cable powered ferry. |
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This shrimper has just entered the ICW from one of the cuts going to the coast. I assume it is headed for McClellansville. Can anyone say "Forest Gump"?. |
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As we approached Charleston we began to see a number of very
unusual homes. This appears to be a very remote area so anyone living here
must like solitude. The home in the picture on the above, right
appears to really like being left alone. This house is on a marsh
island. The road leading to the house passes over a small bridge that
the home owner can lift to further isolate himself. The house is also
in somewhat disrepair, but appears to be inhabited. In contrast, the picture below is of one of the many huge, ostentatious homes built along this stretch of the ICW.
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While we hoped to make Charleston that evening, but the combination of head winds and adverse currents made that impossible. The Ben Sawyer Bridge, which must be passed to enter Charleston Harbor from the ICW, does not open between 4:00PM and 6:00PM. We pulled off the ICW at 3:30PM into the Isle of Palms Marina (red arrow on chart) 3 miles from the bridge. This is a very upscale and friendly marina. Unfortunately they had no transient slips available when we arrived and we had to tie to the fuel dock for the evening. This would not be a problem except that dock is infested with cockroaches. We discovered one a few days later in the cockpit. If there is one cockroach on board there must more. Looks like I may have to pick up a few crickets to get rid of the roaches. |
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