Beaufort (Buufort)

 4/11- Cooper River to Lady’s Island Marina (Beaufort)

   Last night was no picnic either. The wind howled again and when the tide changed it pushed the boat sideways. This in turn caused the boat to over run the anchor and the anchor line would catch on the spare anchor. Inside I could hear the clank when the line caught the anchor and so I would get up and try to untangle it. The line was now bar tight and so in order to get it unwound I would let out a little more line and race to get it untangled before it went tight again. All this in the dark with the wind blowing the boat bouncing and I’m out over the water on the bowsprit. Well by morning I had let out another 50 feet of line and I was getting close to the end. Fortunately the wind relaxed a bit and we made it through until morning with no further issues.

    The anchor came up surprisingly easy wrapped in all these weird colored grasses. Reds and yellows and black grasses were like nothing I had seen before. We beat against the tide for a short while and then we picked up a boost and took off. We went by Hilton Head and into Port Royal Sound where the wind picked up again. It would have been rough but the wind was behind us so we just surfed down the waves. 

    We had seen reports this morning of a sailboat that had broken loose and crashed into the Lady’s Island bridge. This is a swing bridge and we were worried it would affect the opening. After listening to the debacle of removing it on the radio it got cleared and we cruised right up to the 12:30 opening. 

   We got together with our friends Mike and Ivy and chatted a bit before heading out for some pizza. It was good catching up with them plus we could use a bit of land time after the last few nights. While this night won’t be any quieter because of the city I hope I won’t have any need to get up in the night. 

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