Monday, March 23, 2009
23 Mar - Day #19. Clear, sunny, 60's. Got our money's worth out of Hilton Head Island's Harbour Town Marina. Checkout is 1200. We clear the jetty at 1159 ;-) We cross the Savannah River and enter Georgia. It's strange going from 1' tides in the Chesapeake to 9' tides in Georgia. We 'attempt' the Elba Island cut, just after low-low tide. At one point, while in the middle of the channel, and being pushed by a 1kt current, we see very thin water--3.5'. We simply drift along knowing the bottom is soft and the tide is rising. Our automatic position reporting system still shows us off Paris Island, SC. We rely on the generosity of hams to relay our reports. Seems there aren't many hams in these marshy low lands. We're getting lazy. This is the second day in a row we spent the night tied to a dock. This time it's the Savannah Yacht Club, Savannah, GA. Yup, we're really roughing it. Dinner aboard with our host Andrew Ziegler, Dad and Claire. 20nm today: 653nm total. DBH
