And Back to the Chesapeake – Day 18

We spent the night on the hook in a fairly exposed anchorage with quite a bit of wind when we anchored.  I diminished somewhat overnight but you could still hear it gusting periodically.  I let out plenty of anchor rode and the anchor held fast all night.  We never moved.  I love, love, love my new anchor.

   

Today it was on to Georgetown S.C.  I was a little concerned with what I was going to find weather wise later in the day.  I was looking at two different weather sources to figure what the winds would be like.  One source had winds in the low teens with gusts in the mid to upper teens, the other showed winds in the mid-teens with gusts in the mid to upper twenties.  I liked the first source better, but was concerned about the second.  By the time we got to Georgetown the winds were definitely howling, not as bad as the second source I don’t think, but probably more than the first.  As a result docking with the wind on the beam, pushing you into the dock was, needless to say, a challenge.   But, it makes getting off the dock an even bigger challenge.  Hopefully the wind will change direction, as predicted by tomorrow morning and make getting off the dock easier.  The wind tomorrow is expected to be much the same as today, but we will be in canals most of the day making it much easier.

The trip to Georgetown was pretty uneventful, even made it through McClellanville without a problem.  That area is traditionally full of shoals, and crab pots making it like a mind field.  What is going to get you, wrap a crab pot around your prop, or hit bottom.  But a rising tide helps immensely, and for some reason there weren’t too many crab pots.  So we didn’t really have much of a problem.  Of course there are other spots where the water can get pretty thin, but like I said, a rising tide really helps to mitigate the anxiety.

We even got to rinse the boat off and get some of the salt from all the spray that had been raining down on the boat from the waves we went through for a couple days.  Almost everything on the outside had a salt crust on it. Ugh!  So giving it a quick bath was good.

When we were here in late November or early December, one of the places we ate and really liked was and Italian restaurant, DiAngelo’s on Front St.  We had lunch there then and really enjoyed it.  Tonight we decided to go back for dinner.  I have to tell you, it was one of the best meals I have ever had.  I got the seafood alfredo over linguine.  It had shrimp and a couple small lobster tails.  I think he gave me an extra lobster tail because I didn’t want scallops.  But let me tell you, it was absolutely scrumptious.  Rick had chicken marsala over linguine and couldn’t stop talking about how good it was.  So, if you are ever in Georgetown S.C., stop in to DiAngelo’s Italian Restaurant and enjoy a great meal.  The owner came out and talked to us for a while both times.  Tonight when we told him we had been here a couple of months ago, he said,” Oh yeah, the guys on the boat.”  I think he remembered us, and he is really a nice guy.

Tomorrow it is on the Myrtle Beach.  I should be another easy day, 53 miles or so, getting us there by early to mid-afternoon.  The winds are expected to diminish in the afternoon, so hopefully we won’t have to dock with the wind honkin’ like it has been.

Today we traveled 52.6 miles today for a total of 761.8 miles so far.  Travel time was 5hrs. 41 mins.

So boys and girls, until tomorrow…….

P.S. Hi Tyler