Not a lot to report for today, or yesterday for that matter. Yesterday was a short trip from Graham's Creek (image on the right) to Dewees Creek. Weather was cold, very windy and grey. The only exc
itement in that trip was watching a dolphin surf in our wake. For whatever reason, we could not get a good anchor set in Dewees Creek, so we moved over to Long Creek. Once we settled in, the wind picked up again. That pretty much cancelled the planned dinghy practice adventure. As the evening progressed, the warning lights that advise us of things like holding tank capacity, water tank capacity, etc all came on. So there we were; full holding tank, empty water tank, no gas for the generator, therefore no electric heat. A new name for fun! I'll let you folks come up with the most apt description for the situation. (Shouldn't take more than 3 asterisks.). Today we only travelled about 16 miles. Actually that was a planned distance, as we wanted to arrive in Charleston at a time when the tidal currents were switching direction. That would have them neither coming or going. The current is then called "slack", or slack water. Possibly has some relation to the term "slacker". Scooter is tied up to a dock in the Charleston Maritime Center. This is a small basin that one blasts into in an effort to beat any currents trying to skew the boat around, then slams on the brakes to either turn into the fuel dock, or get into a slip. Actually, it isn't quite that bad. Our timing was good and the currents were quite manageable. Wind was pretty impressive tho'. Main problem with this dock is that ship wakes and wind driven wave action are causing a pretty constant rolling motion. We'll be doing the picture thing tomorrow. Until then, stay warm.
itement in that trip was watching a dolphin surf in our wake. For whatever reason, we could not get a good anchor set in Dewees Creek, so we moved over to Long Creek. Once we settled in, the wind picked up again. That pretty much cancelled the planned dinghy practice adventure. As the evening progressed, the warning lights that advise us of things like holding tank capacity, water tank capacity, etc all came on. So there we were; full holding tank, empty water tank, no gas for the generator, therefore no electric heat. A new name for fun! I'll let you folks come up with the most apt description for the situation. (Shouldn't take more than 3 asterisks.). Today we only travelled about 16 miles. Actually that was a planned distance, as we wanted to arrive in Charleston at a time when the tidal currents were switching direction. That would have them neither coming or going. The current is then called "slack", or slack water. Possibly has some relation to the term "slacker". Scooter is tied up to a dock in the Charleston Maritime Center. This is a small basin that one blasts into in an effort to beat any currents trying to skew the boat around, then slams on the brakes to either turn into the fuel dock, or get into a slip. Actually, it isn't quite that bad. Our timing was good and the currents were quite manageable. Wind was pretty impressive tho'. Main problem with this dock is that ship wakes and wind driven wave action are causing a pretty constant rolling motion. We'll be doing the picture thing tomorrow. Until then, stay warm.
2 comments:
PJ shared this site with us and I found it very interesting reading about your adventures so far. Looking forward to checking out future entries. Hope you have a safe and enjoyable trip.
Cally
love the picts. We were hit by the same wind storm . Took out electric at Noah and T's school so they had another play day~ Be safe. Tell Mom to be careful all by her lonesome. That is really putting the crew to the test,Aye! These are the times when you need a nice big "DOG". Hint hint.
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