Sunrise in Bull Creek, behind Dafuskie Island, across from Hilton Head. SC and not far from Tybee Island GA. We left early on Saturday morning, about 6:45 AM and the anchor came up just fine after our "issue" last night of it not wanting to release from the windlass. We think that the pall (sp?) got put into the wrong position after it jumped off the gypsy earlier in the day.
Passing by Parris Island, a Marine Corps Recruit Depot, then Beaufort. That was our original stop for tonight but we were making great time so onward we went!
St Helena Sound was the gentlest we have ever seen it! No, Bruce is not asleep but reading a book on his phone.
Dawhoo River, we took a chance!
We decided to use the unpublished "deeper"route.
Bob Sherer has tested it and so did we with our 17' Key West about 2 years ago and were surprised by the deep water instead of plowing through the ICW route there.
The ICW official route is on the right. Our route today is on the left. The lowest we saw was 7.3'.
The deepest we saw was actually 20'
The scariest part was at 1st going south to north or what ever it is there but coming from Edisto, as we had to cross a section where the charts say it is 3'. Well it is not. That is where we had 7.3 under our 4.7 keel!
We are on the Toogoodoo Creek finally but it is late afternoon and low tide. We will not be able to cross until tomorrow morning, because we aren't going to do it in the dark!
We did lower the dinghy and go home! We chatted with Hugh and Genny on the way there but basically since we could, we wanted to make sure our dock lines were in position for our arrival and lower the AC and turn on the hot water heater and ice machines. Why not!
Sunset on the Toogoodoo!
We were so close to home but just could not get there!
Miles today 68
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Sunday April 26 HOME DAY!
Sunrise on the Toogoodoo.
We were able to move on over the sandbar by 10 AM on Sunday morning and it was one of the best dockings that Captain Bruce has ever done. He has perfected it so that we don't bust any more balls.
Conditions were perfect which helped tremendously as the tide/current runs rapid through here.
Summer Breeze nestled at her home dock!
Our 2020 trip. 1514 miles total!
(The Abacos Bahamas trip last year was 1475!)
Charleston to Key West, back up the Gulf Coast to Ft Myers and across Florida on the Caloosahatchie River and Okeechobee Lake (aka Smuggler's Run or the FL Mini Loop) to Stuart and up back the east coast to HOME!
Thank you for following us.
Captains Bruce and Rosie
1st Mate Bella
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