Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Recovery
It is Feburary 8 2011, and we are heading South again. You can view the new adventures on the new blog: nancyandspeedyrecovery.blogspot.com. S
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Home again, home again, Jigedy, Jig
My Grandfather use to say that, and I don't know why, but I think I a
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
We arrived at Georgetown and tied up to the city docks and had dinneer at a local restaurant. We then tied up at a marina; since there was very little room in the anchorage and there are alligators around. We motored up the Wacama River the next day past Myrtle Beach and anchored close by Calabash. The next day we went outside to the Cape Fear River and up to a Marina, where we had dinner with one of Nanc's friends, Barbara Johnston. We then motored North to Masonboro Inlet and went outside to Beaufort, NC and up the river to Adams Creek. When I got up this morning the boat was covered with Midges. They were everywhere. We battled with them all the way to the Alligator River Marina where we are now. As we where approaching Bellhaven today a Cat passed us by called Final Approach. I hailed him on channel 16 and we talked. He had been a Marine Fighter pilot who flew F-4s, we had been behind him in the Charleston City Marina, watched him pass us outside going to Beaufort, and he passed us again today coming here. We spent three hours in the Alligator=Pungo Canal which is my least favorite part of the ICW. Boring! I had planned on going across the Albemarle Sound and anchoring tonight, but Nanc threw the "Jewelry Card" on me, I panicked, and we put into the Alligator Marina next to "Final Approach." We had them over for drinks; Peggy and Bob Demers, really nice folks, and they have a frozen prop shaft bearing. We head North in the morning for Norfolk. Priscilla has promised apple pie for my birthday on Friday; full steam ahead. The sunset pics are Adams Creek. S
Friday, April 16, 2010
Georgetown, SC on Fri
We departed Charleston at 0720, and as we passed Ft Sumter, we decided to go outside to here. DK stayed inside in the ICW. We had a smooth motor/sail up to the breakwater doing 8 knots plus. As we turned into the breakwater the speed over ground (SOG) dropped to 3.8 knots as we motored into a 5.2 knot current. Left click on pic of the chart plotter, and you can see the SOG of 4.8 at the top, with a boat speed of 8.2 midway down on the right. Then see the current and drift of 139 at 3.2. It got up to 5.2 at one point. DK got to the same point, doing 6 knots all the way, about 30 minutes after us. I got to read a book while he watched for channel markers. I have included a pic of the Red Channel Marker with a yellow square on it. That means for those traveling the ICW to treat it as a green marker. Confusing if you have not traveled the "Ditch" before. Nanc is having wine while I slave to get this out. S
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Blue Angels stop horse tours in Charleston
Yep, no horse and surrey tours in Charleston from 1200 until 1600 today. They were afraid of the noise and a possible stampede. Guess who wanted to take a tour; Nanc. We did the Grey Line Bus tour which was probably better. More to see in same time. Watched the performance over the Cooper River next to where we ate last evening and plan on heading down the Ashely River in the morning to make a 0900 opening of the Ben Sawyer Bridge. Georgetown tomorrow night. S
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Wed in Charleston
We left Savannah on Monday at 0740 after a super time with Beth and Steve.We then realized that we had to wait for the restriction on the first bridge to be lifted at 0900, so we motored slowly and still made Beaufort at 1425. We took a horse and surrey tour of the city, I learned my lesson, surreys need horses named Gilbert! Got to see the house were they made my favorite movie, "The Big Chill." Glenn was gone. We ate at Luthers and motored thru Lady Island Bridge and anchored in Factory Creek for the night. We departed early this morning, and motored hard to make it to a restricted bridge prior to 1600, due to rush hour traffic. We got thru at 1430 and are tied to the dock at Charleston City Marina were the super sailing yacht Tamsen is still tied up. She was here when we went thru in Feb. We have seen some wildlife, but not as much as we would have thought there would be. The noseeum have been terrible, and Nanc is having a allergic reaction to their bites. We are having dinner tonight with Becky and John Bradham, plus Eric Vollmecke and a friend. Eric was my exec in Iraq, and I promoted him to Colonel at the Baghdad International Airport in 2003. The Blue Angles are practicing for their weekend airshow tomorrow thru Fri, and we may stay and watch tomorrow. then on to Georgetown. S
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Jekyll to Red Bird Creek to Steve's at Savannah
Well, we motored thru some of the most remote and shallow water on the ICW to Red Bird Creek from Jekyll, took 11 hours. Beautiful, remote anchorage. We departed at 0800 this morning and arrived at Steve's around 1120. Savannah is my favorite southern city. The sunset is at Red Bird, where the quiet and peacefulness is overwhelming, and all the others pic are on the way here. You can see the tide range thru Little Mud River and how the moving map can show you on land when you are in the middle of the creek. The name Mud River is very appropriate. Southern Ospreys decorate their nest with Spanish Moss. Southern Bells just do it better. We arrived at Steve's at low tide, and I have tried to show the tidal range in just 6 hours at his dock. Boat is clean and everyone is coming to dinner on Marcnicliz. Laundry is done and the boat is washed and waxed. Time for a rum and coke. S
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