Unsettled Weather
The past couple of days have been a bit on the wet side. Wemoved from Herb River just south of Savannah to north of Beaufort SC yesterday. Put on 75 miles or sobut seemed like we fought current all day. It poured on us just north of Beaufort, and again later in the day. We came through the Ashapoo Cut towards the end of the day. It is a shallow series of cuts between bigger pieces of the ICW. The US Army Corp of Engineers was dredging it, a good thing, but they were blocking the channel, so I hailed them on the VHF to find the best path around them. They didn't answer on the 3 frequencies they should monitor, so I plowed ahead slowly. There was a white buoy between the dredge and the shore and normally that is marking the route. As we proceeded, the depth went to zero and we were mired in the mud. The current was coming at us and pushed us around and I backed out ok and then they led us through with their barge. it was a little exciting though for a few minutes. We went a few miles farther, then anchored in the rain. The anchor set poorly and finally after 45 minutes we got a good set and slept well. Today we will push on to north of Charleston. We need to set up to go by McClellanville at high tide tomorrow morning. If this weather would straighten out, we'd go outside and avoid all this shallow stuff. We are making pretty good progress to set us up for a more relaxing week next week with some exploring in North Carolina I hope.
Engine Hours 5044.3
Genset Hours 5572.2

A pretty cemetery we passed. Appropriate for Memorial Day.