Day 11 - Nov 6, 2013
Awoke a little later to a beautiful morning with warmer temperatures. Got the coffee going and fiddled with the phone/internet trying once more to update the blog. No luck again. We can get a 3G signal, but every time we try to connect, the signal switches to a 1X connection and then bombs out on the internet connection. Bummer!

We finally get underway about 0650 hrs. We get back into the Waccamaw River and head south toward Georgetown. We catch some of the outgoing tide and get a boost for a while. That doesn’t last and then we are bucking the current and making only 5 MPH. There is lots of floating vegetation and other junk floating in the river. Some of it is visible and some of it is partially or totally submerged. We avoid what we can see, but we whacked something good with the prop. Not sure if it is just my imagination, but we seem to  have a vibration in the driveline that wasn't there before.

As we leave the Waccamaw we are able to motor sail and regain some speed. We motor sail all the way to the Esterville Minim canal. We continue on past the North and South Santeee Rivers and head toward McClellanville. We arrive at the shallow trouble spot right at the bottom of the tide. We poke along for a couple miles running in water between 4-6’ deep. Real nail biting stuff. Could not find enough water to head into our destination anchorage so we proceeded on. Another couple of miles and we had 9-10’ of water.

We continued on to the next anchorage at Awendaw Creek. We have used this anchorage before. It’s unprotected from winds from all directions and has a ripping tidal change of 6’. We anchored at low tide and have 13.5 feet of water under the boat. At 2300 tonight we will have approximately 20’ of water.

Location: Awendaw Creek, 34 miles north of Charleston, MM 435
Distance Traveled: 61 Statute Miles
Avg Speed: 6.3 MPH
Start: 0650 hrs
Stop: 1625 hrs