May 25, 2014

We’re up before daybreak. Coffee gets the system pumping as we prepare to jump on the current and depart. As usual, with no audience, we perform flawlessly. As we enter the channel, we watch the sun rising from behind the aircraft carrier over at Patriot’s Point. What a sight!

We are just ahead of the high tide cycle so we pass through several trouble spots with plenty of water beneath us. On we go, passing the Ben Sawyer Bridge and out into the Cape Romain marshlands. Don't know if you can see it, but that's an eagle sitting on the shore. Double click the photo to enlarge it.

We pass through the McClellanville area “shallows” without even one bump. Nice of the CG and ACOE to let us know there is a shoal here.

We can’t make it to Georgetown without running the Esterville-Minim cut at low water so we decide to anchor in Minim Creek. We are boat number two in the creek. Rose Anna, a Shucker, is a familiar sight from Stuart. We’re in good company.

Location: Minim Creek, near Georgetown, SC, MM 415

Start: 0615
Stop: 1530
Avg Speed: 5.5 mph
Max Speed: 8.4 mph
Distance Traveled: 52.7 miles