Still In Charleston!
Monday, May 11
Today we just hung out and read until late in the afternoon. The sun was shinning but thunderstorms were predicted. After lunch we took the dinghy and went to shore. We took the short walk to the health food store. The sky was cloudy when we left and it looked like we were going to get wet again but by the time we walked back the sun was out again. When we returned to the boat the air temperature took a quick dive and we didn't last long in the cockpit.
Tuesday, May 12
We woke to a chilly 55 degrees this morning, we ate breakfast and began to raise our anchors. We don't as rule put down two anchors so we had to coordinate our efforts in raising them. I had to dive slowly in forward while Larry by hand bought up the first anchor and by winch let out the second anchor. The first anchor was the one we were being held by, the current was still on the incoming tide. When he got the first one up we move back by way of the current to the other anchor. It was gentle enough that he brought up the second one while we were moving back to it. All in all it went quite well but Larry had a back ache from the strain of lifting the anchor by hand. On our thirty foot Hunter the anchor windless was called Larry. I guess he is out of practice.
We arrived at the boat yard to have our mast stepped around 10AM. You can see by the picture it is being rigged by the crew in the parking lot. Larry and I mounted our new mast head light. It went smooth lets hope it works when they are all down.
Today we just hung out and read until late in the afternoon. The sun was shinning but thunderstorms were predicted. After lunch we took the dinghy and went to shore. We took the short walk to the health food store. The sky was cloudy when we left and it looked like we were going to get wet again but by the time we walked back the sun was out again. When we returned to the boat the air temperature took a quick dive and we didn't last long in the cockpit.
Tuesday, May 12
We woke to a chilly 55 degrees this morning, we ate breakfast and began to raise our anchors. We don't as rule put down two anchors so we had to coordinate our efforts in raising them. I had to dive slowly in forward while Larry by hand bought up the first anchor and by winch let out the second anchor. The first anchor was the one we were being held by, the current was still on the incoming tide. When he got the first one up we move back by way of the current to the other anchor. It was gentle enough that he brought up the second one while we were moving back to it. All in all it went quite well but Larry had a back ache from the strain of lifting the anchor by hand. On our thirty foot Hunter the anchor windless was called Larry. I guess he is out of practice.
We arrived at the boat yard to have our mast stepped around 10AM. You can see by the picture it is being rigged by the crew in the parking lot. Larry and I mounted our new mast head light. It went smooth lets hope it works when they are all down.
We're getting there! The crane has the mast on the boat and the crew is attaching the stays.
We were hoping to make the bridge before it goes on restriction but it is now 3 PM and they are still tuning the rig.
It's 4 PM and the main sail is on and we are pushing off the dock. The wind has picked up and the chop is building in the harbor and we have a two hour wait for the bridge. We rode around in the harbor for a period of time then entered the ICW again and waited near the bridge. It was 6 Pm when we went though the bridge opening. We had about another hour of travel to get to Isle of Palms were we had a dock for the night, thanks to our friends Phil and Dianne. We were pretty tired by the time we arrived but glad to get tied up, have a shower, some dinner and go to bed early.
posted by Cruise Planners Gail Hodge at 2:29 PM
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