Dredge in the ICW
We stayed anchored in the river for the night along with several other boats. We opened a bottle of wine and we both had a glass before squaring away the boat and starting dinner. We kept it simple – chili and the rest of the bottle of Bogle white.
Saturday 11-8-08
We were both up early and ready to be underway again. Enterprise would not be open until 9:00 AM so we used the time to get everything on the boat ready to set sail. We decided to find some breakfast ashore and discovered a Shoneys very near to the Enterprise location and after omelets we rolled up to the office right at 9:00. We thought there might be a delay in getting a ride back to the marina but as soon as the paper work cleared, Kevin, a part time worker reported for duty and he had us back to our boat quickly and we were out of the slip at 09:38 – to be precise.
The WX was cooler but sunny and pleasant. We were southbound (again) headed for Beaufort, SC (it is pronounced Be-you-fert here in SC – not Bo-fert as it is in NC) located about 60 SM south on the ICW. The WX remained lovely all day but did get a bit breezy in the open water areas. We always have the VHF radio tuned to the universal calling channel and heard some traffic from a boat we know at our marina in Rock Hall. Al & Arleen Mauger are also heading to FL for the first time aboard their sail boat. We gave them a call and learned they were about 15-20 miles north of us and traveling at a slower pace than we could now afford. They will be spending most of the winter near Stuart, FL. The Maugers are the other couple that was featured with us in the Mariner magazine article written by our mutual friend, Jean Korten Moser. Jean is a professional journalist and free lance writer for several Bay and boating publications. Maybe we will bump into the Maugers some time along the way. There were plenty of other boats headed south now, before our problem arose we were ahead of most of the snowbird migration. We called the Municipal Marina at Beaufort and learned that they were full at that point but put us on a wait list. We had already decided on a spot to anchor when our cell phone rang and the marina had an opening – great we thought. When we approached the fairway to the slip the current was running pretty strong and along with the wind, was pushing us toward the slip and at a critical point with the bow entering the slip, I put the boat into reverse to slow us down. The following current pushed the stern to the left and twisted the nearly sideways with about a third of the length already into the slip. I could see no way of recovering other than to get out of the fairway. With the help of the two dock guys who were waiting to take out lines and Polly on our deck, I managed to get turned around and we went out into the river
and anchored. That experience was the closest to a real disaster I have ever had
We were both up early and ready to be underway again. Enterprise would not be open until 9:00 AM so we used the time to get everything on the boat ready to set sail. We decided to find some breakfast ashore and discovered a Shoneys very near to the Enterprise location and after omelets we rolled up to the office right at 9:00. We thought there might be a delay in getting a ride back to the marina but as soon as the paper work cleared, Kevin, a part time worker reported for duty and he had us back to our boat quickly and we were out of the slip at 09:38 – to be precise.
The WX was cooler but sunny and pleasant. We were southbound (again) headed for Beaufort, SC (it is pronounced Be-you-fert here in SC – not Bo-fert as it is in NC) located about 60 SM south on the ICW. The WX remained lovely all day but did get a bit breezy in the open water areas. We always have the VHF radio tuned to the universal calling channel and heard some traffic from a boat we know at our marina in Rock Hall. Al & Arleen Mauger are also heading to FL for the first time aboard their sail boat. We gave them a call and learned they were about 15-20 miles north of us and traveling at a slower pace than we could now afford. They will be spending most of the winter near Stuart, FL. The Maugers are the other couple that was featured with us in the Mariner magazine article written by our mutual friend, Jean Korten Moser. Jean is a professional journalist and free lance writer for several Bay and boating publications. Maybe we will bump into the Maugers some time along the way. There were plenty of other boats headed south now, before our problem arose we were ahead of most of the snowbird migration. We called the Municipal Marina at Beaufort and learned that they were full at that point but put us on a wait list. We had already decided on a spot to anchor when our cell phone rang and the marina had an opening – great we thought. When we approached the fairway to the slip the current was running pretty strong and along with the wind, was pushing us toward the slip and at a critical point with the bow entering the slip, I put the boat into reverse to slow us down. The following current pushed the stern to the left and twisted the nearly sideways with about a third of the length already into the slip. I could see no way of recovering other than to get out of the fairway. With the help of the two dock guys who were waiting to take out lines and Polly on our deck, I managed to get turned around and we went out into the river
and anchored. That experience was the closest to a real disaster I have ever had on the water.
Low bridge!!
We stayed anchored in the river for the night along with several other boats. We opened a bottle of wine and we both had a glass before squaring away the boat and starting dinner. We kept it simple – chili and the rest of the bottle of Bogle white.
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