South Carolina

 4/10- Wahoo Island to Cooper River (Savannah)

   It did not go well for those of us who were hoping for a good nights sleep last night.  The wind blew stronger than predicted and with a contrary current it made for a very bumpy ride.  The anchorage was exposed to the open Sapelo Sound and the wind came from that direction and with the wind against a falling tide the waves built up a fair amount. The boat flopped to one side and was held broadside to the waves until the wind let up so it could flop to the other side. The anchor held fine but it kept me up a good part of the night. 

   We got up at dawn and hoped to head right out except the anchor was so buried that it took quite a while and a bit of a boost from the motor to get it out. After that it was a fine day and we caught the tide for most of the morning getting to our anchorage before 11:00. We again decided to push on. In typical Georgia fashion we got boosted by the tide and then held back. It was hard to figure which it would be with all the network of creeks and streams interlacing back and forth. 

    It turned into a really long 50+ mile day and we pulled into the anchorage around 6:00. We had stayed here on the way down and thought it would be a good place to wait out the mess of weather that comes tomorrow. It’s a big wide river that is 15 feet deep just about every where. It is in the middle of a grass marsh and you can see the lights of Savanna from here. We are tucked up around a curve in the river in the hope that we will have much less fetch in the blow tomorrow. 

    This anchorage while in South Carolina is every bit like most of the anchorages in Georgia. So we say goodbye to Georgia and hello to South Carolina. It turns out we didn’t do much for the Georgian economy as we didn’t spend any money in the state. Which only means we’ll be off loading plenty of cash in South Carolina. 

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