Overshot Charleston

So we kept pushing past Charleston and made landfall in Georgetown.  We departed at 0400 and arrived at around 1000 the following day and dropped the hook at 1400 in Cow Creek off the Waccamaw River. Pretty uneventful passage.  We had little wind and 2-4' seas for most of the run, but did manage a glorious reach with no motor for about 3 hours at 7 knts.  That made it a great trip for me.  Fantastic to skip so much of the ICW.  We covered around 240 NM and chopped 8 days of ICW out of the trip.  Lex and I were pretty wiped out by the time we got the hook down.  We had a nap and then had some dinner with the gang on Dharma.  Sunrise offshore off South Carolina.

This area of South Carolina is very pretty.  There are lots of cypress and interesting grasses and flowers along the shores.  We did some exploring and discovered lots of turtles, a couple of catfish attached at the head swimming upside down (no kidding), and any number of additional creepy-crawleys.  It was something anchoring Zusammen in a tiny little creek surround by very lush forest.

We pushed on to Grand Dunes in the afternoon to hide out from the approaching Tropical Storm Beryl.  Looks like we'll be here one more night and then push North again.  I am looking forward to getting to Wrightsville Beach and hopefully catch some waves from this system.

Fun dinner on Makana last night with the gang. The kids got some swimming time in a pool we poached from a local hotel.  They are shameless, these kids....

Lex and Katie are off for a run and I'll do a few errands later today.  I believe we will head out tomorrow, but we'll have to see what our pal TS Beryl decides to do.