Otter II, a sailboat anchored with us, left about 30 minutes
before us this morning and it has taken 3 hours to catch them. Once caught up we slowed to stay behind them for
about 30 minutes so we both would arrive at the Socastee Bridge at the same
time for a single bridge opening. The
bridge operator did not answer the radio request but picked up the phone call.
We went through the Rockpile this morning, a narrow section
of the waterway with ledges jutting out from the banks on both sides. Reading the reviews, there has been a lot of
damage caused by those low rocks, the tops of which are only visible at low
tide. Barges pushed by tugs come through
here also and when they do there is only room for the barge and tug. Recreational boats have to wait before
entering, or the tug will wait at a wide spot before entering. We monitored Channel 16 and announced our
passage. Luckily for us there was no
commercial traffic when we went through and we met no one coming north so we
could easily stay in the very center of the channel.
Just north of the Rockpile is Barefoot Marina which we had
heard mentioned at the KK Rendezvous. Forever Exploring was there taking a few
days off and they said it was also home to Just
in Time. Basically the day was spent
looking at all the multimillion dollar houses lining the edges of the ICW. It is truly amazing how much money there is
out there. There are sections where the
houses look like they belong to the more average family but I think that the
areas with ostentatious houses are winning.
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| Mile after Mile of them... |
The afternoon found us anchored behind Butlers Island along
with two sailboats. A very spacious
anchorage, it is 15 feet average depth in the center channel, deeper on the
sides, and someone in Active Captain suggested putting a trip line on the
anchor which we did. A second coat of
varnish went on the aft cap rail and a first coat on the port side. Looking at it now, the port side teak will
have to be sanded down again and cleaned before varnishing. I thought I could get away with it
but…not.
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