Georgetown – 5/31/20

We *finally* made it to Georgetown, but not without a little blip.  About 10 minutes after leaving Isle of Palms (this would be around 7 a.m.), the charts on Doug’s navigation screens disappeared!  Fortunately, an anchorage was not far away so we turned into that, dropped the hook, and Doug was able to restore the programs sufficiently for us to continue on to Georgetown.*

We timed the day’s trip so we’d hit McClellanville (a well-known low spot) on a rising tide, passing these homes en route when the tide was still low, but deep enough for us to pass.
These are rice trunks, used for water control in the rice fields.  The historical back story of these is too lengthy (and troubling) to add into this blog.

Arriving in Georgetown around 4 pm, the first thing we did was walk to a bank to use the ATM, something we haven’t done in months.  I used the last $5 out of our “tip stash” to tip the dock hand, so we were officially out of cash, with several more stops to go before our home port!  

Walking from the ATM back to the boat on the boardwalk, it was very clear that this little town is open for business, with the 6-foot distancing guideline thrown right out the window.  I can say that we made it back to the boat without touching our faces, and hands were immediately washed – twice!  ☺

*Just discovered the problem was a necessary update to one program. All is well.

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  2. “McClellanville…deep enough for us to pass.” Just how deep does it have to be for you to safely pass, or rather, how shallow does it have to be for you not to try it? 🙂

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    1. We draw five feet, and yesterday Doug saw 6.2 on the depth sounder. At one point in a previous passage, I saw 6.6 – hard to believe an 11-ton boat could float in so little. Poor McClellanville just gets pounded during trop. storms, hurricanes.

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