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
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