This was a lovely anchorage on the
North/South Carolina border on the Little river inlet. We arrived on
the 15th December and to celebrate our arrival we sat on
deck sipping wine and watched this little Kingfisher diving for fish
The inlet from the sea always causes
silting and it is easy to run aground at low tide like this yacht
did. Another yacht tried to pull them off without success so then US
tow boats came to their assistance and after several attempts got
them off the bar
The next day we got away at daybreak.
It was a beautiful morning as the sun came up with magnificent
reflections in the water
There is a narrow cut through the rock
that is called the “Rockpile” and it was like gliding across a
mirror. The only ripple made by the boat
We pushed inland on the Waccamaw river
enjoying the scenery of magnificent trees and turtles basking in the
sun. Earlier in the year as we travelled north the Osprey were
nesting.
The morning of the 17th was
foggy. We set off but after 3nm the fog set in and we couldn't see
markers or the river bank so we anchored and waited 3 hrs until it
lifted
We stopped in Georgetown and took on
fuel. Eric got a lift with a fellow local yachtie to get Propane
while Cathy walked to the supermarket to buy supplies before pushing
on again.
We enjoyed watching herons and pelicans
on the foreshore and took a photo of the place we ran aground earlier
in the year, keeping marker 40 well to our starboard side this time!
Again it was low tide and we only had a few inches under the keel
Thank you to these dredges the waterway
is kept navigable
On the 18th December we
reached Charleston. It had been a drizzly day with a strong incoming
tide across the inlet and we were 10mins too late for the last
daylight bridge opening so we anchored off the city
As we motor sailed up the harbour we
could see Fort Sumter and the decommissioned ship “The York”
which is now a maritime museum
US coastguard were patrolling the
harbour and called us on the radio for our details, but we weren't
boarded
The next day was very cold and we had
several layers of clothing on to keep us warm and hot water bottles!
Our next 2 overnight river anchorages
were beautiful with magnificent sunsets. We watched eagles in the
trees and dolphin herding fish.
Our next blog will be Georgia
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