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| Headed out |
We slipped the dock lines at 8am. NE wind pushing waves in with ebb tide out made the harbor entrance a choppy ride out. Oh well.
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| Wing on wing |
Once we made the turn south we pretty much had a broad reach / run. We always set a preventer just because and with the occasional big swell surfing up behind us and knocking the boat and boom askew, we were glad we did. The only jibes were controlled and intentional.
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| Breakers at entrance of the inlet |
Our destination North Edisto Inlet. We opted for a sail down the coast vs messing with the Wappoo Creek bridge opening and fast moving currents through Elliots Cut, south of Charleston Harbor. Plus we were dying to get some sailing in! A few missing buoys along with shoaling and breakers made getting in the inlet a little bit of an adventure but we did fine.
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| Rain rain go away |
Rain clouds filled in all around but we never experienced a drop all day.
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| Typical ICW in this area |
Once we were on the ICW headed south, the smell of the fresh pine trees was incredible. We found we had the whole ICW all to ourselves with the exception of a few local fishermen.
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| Yum |
We anchored at statue mile #510 - a nice wide bend in the ICW with extra room in the bend for anchoring. Again...just us. We enjoyed a salad along with shrimp and grits.
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| Sailor's appetite is always good |
A good day!
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| Day one sunset |
