Beautiful Beaufort

 12/1- We were up and at em before dawn knew what was up. We had a reservation at Lady’s Island marina and the slip we were scheduled for could only be entered at slack tide because the current would be too strong to turn the boat sideways. Slack tide was at 11:30am and we had 30 miles to go hence the predawn departure. It was a lovely day as it was much warmer than the previous few. After a few twists and turns we finally got the current in our favor and we took off. Again this stretch of the ICW is very scenic. At one point today the dolphins were playing around the boat. They kept diving under the boat and bumping into the rudder. I just hope they didn’t take lessons from the orcas. 

   The slip we were assigned would be tight even without any current. Our new best friend Aaron along with our friends Mike and Ivy came to our rescue. Mike and Ivy live aboard their boat at the marina and they offered to move into the slip giving us the face dock which would be considerably easier. Aaron is the marina manager and he facilitated the whole move. This was very much appreciated. The only thing was they couldn’t move until slack tide so we had to slow way down so we wouldn’t enter the creek before they were ready. It all worked out great and we are tied to a nice dock in a nice marina. 

    

    We spent some time catching up with Mike and Ivy as we hadn’t seen them in a couple of years. They used to own a Robinhood 36 and we met them on several Cape Dory cruises in Maine.

    We will spend several days here as the weather is supposed deteriorate. There is much to do here and the marina has a courtesy car so we will get some supplies.

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