Back in the USA!
Well after five tries for pictures and no success, we're going to do this without them. I had some good ones, but another time.
We are in Charleston, SC today. It's been a long journey from the Bahamas and we have many ocean miles under our keel. We left West End, Grand Bahama on Saturday May 3 around 6:30 in the AM. We had an uncomfortable ride across the Gulf Stream. The seas were large and the wind was following, which didn't give us enough speed with sail alone. We were under motor with our jib out. About 15 miles out our engine alarm came on and after some investigation on Larry's part he changed the water pump impeller. I had the job of attempting to keep the boat on course and as steady as possible while he worked. We were traveling with two other boats, Kalina and Interlude. We were all close together until the water pump fix. We all arrived in Fort Pierce within a half hour of each other around 7:30 PM. It felt good to put our feet on land and stop rocking from side to side.
The next morning Larry and I set out for an overnight up the coast to St. Augustine. It was a long night and day but not a rough one. We met up with friends in St Augustine that we had met in Marathon. We arrived on Monday and stayed Tuesday. Wednesday morning we set out for another overnight to Charleston, SC. This trip was another rocky ride not quite as bad as across the stream but we got very little sleep. We were traveling with our friends and they bailed out at Port Royal and traveled the inside until dark yesterday. We arrived in Charleston around 4:00 PM and at the dock in the City Marina around 5PM slack tide. The currents here are strong and trying to dock can be challenging. The winds had built like predicted and we decided we would like to get a good nights sleep and it was more likely to happen secure at a dock.
Our friends arrived here this afternoon but we were not able to link up. Larry and I went into the city to enjoy dinner and the sights. This certainly is a beautiful city. We are planning to stay a few days on our return trip South in the Fall.
Our plans were to do one more over night but the weather is not going to allow us to do that so we will take the inside route for the next 10 days and be in Deltaville by the 19 th of May.
We are in Charleston, SC today. It's been a long journey from the Bahamas and we have many ocean miles under our keel. We left West End, Grand Bahama on Saturday May 3 around 6:30 in the AM. We had an uncomfortable ride across the Gulf Stream. The seas were large and the wind was following, which didn't give us enough speed with sail alone. We were under motor with our jib out. About 15 miles out our engine alarm came on and after some investigation on Larry's part he changed the water pump impeller. I had the job of attempting to keep the boat on course and as steady as possible while he worked. We were traveling with two other boats, Kalina and Interlude. We were all close together until the water pump fix. We all arrived in Fort Pierce within a half hour of each other around 7:30 PM. It felt good to put our feet on land and stop rocking from side to side.
The next morning Larry and I set out for an overnight up the coast to St. Augustine. It was a long night and day but not a rough one. We met up with friends in St Augustine that we had met in Marathon. We arrived on Monday and stayed Tuesday. Wednesday morning we set out for another overnight to Charleston, SC. This trip was another rocky ride not quite as bad as across the stream but we got very little sleep. We were traveling with our friends and they bailed out at Port Royal and traveled the inside until dark yesterday. We arrived in Charleston around 4:00 PM and at the dock in the City Marina around 5PM slack tide. The currents here are strong and trying to dock can be challenging. The winds had built like predicted and we decided we would like to get a good nights sleep and it was more likely to happen secure at a dock.
Our friends arrived here this afternoon but we were not able to link up. Larry and I went into the city to enjoy dinner and the sights. This certainly is a beautiful city. We are planning to stay a few days on our return trip South in the Fall.
Our plans were to do one more over night but the weather is not going to allow us to do that so we will take the inside route for the next 10 days and be in Deltaville by the 19 th of May.
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