Hilton Head to Beaufort SC

I got a lazy start but only got 20 miles to do. 

Departure is at 11ish and arrival at 15:30 at the free dock.  

 I was going to try to fit in between two boats, but it was tight, and then I remembered I had the dinghy behind me.

I had to back in as two powerboats departed on the other side of the dock.  I came in reverse, and a powerboat helped tie my mid-ship line.  I docked her.

Walked through town, but I’ve seen Beaufort before, and I ended up doing groceries at Food Lion and restocking the bar, including Bushmill, Canadian Supiiour Whisky, Remy Marin, and Sambuca.  Avoiding the USA products!

Walked back to the boat, doing 7km by foot, and my left leg was really bothering me.  

I got some help leaving the dock and decided to cross the Lady Island bridge, which was willing to open on my demand. This would save me from requesting an opening at rush hour tomorrow, and the anchorage on the North side was better.

Supper was the Catfish and lobster cake and shrimp I bought at Food Lion. 

Hilton Head - SCYC

On Thursday morning, I got started at 10,30 and weighed anchor in contra wind current.

Motored 2 1/2 hours upcurrent to get to SCYC.

Locked through, fueled up and pump-out and docked at SCYC.  54 dollars for 13 gallons with a consumption of 2 1/2 liters per hour versus an average of 2 litres per hour.

SCYC is a recipatory Yacht Club in a very gated community of gorgeous houses.  The club is fancy, and as a guest member, I find it inexpensive for food and beverages.  The dock was $50 for the second night.  The first was free

Did laundry, worked on the blog and other Internet-related work.

Found the pool and went for a swim

Had their buffet on Friday and departed on Saturday.

Wally’s Leg to Ossabawanfursur Islanden

 I got up and reviewed the day’s sailing and realized that Hell’s Gate was 8 miles away and if I left right away, I could get there soon after high tide.  I departed without breakfast and went through with 8 1/2 feet and no relavent winds.

Hell’s Gate

About 4 miles afterwards, I anchored, had lunch and retighten the shaft packing.  

Headed further north to marker 40 which was showing badly, but with Aquamap with USACE surveys and BOB423 tracks, it was a breeze.

Marker 40 shoaling

I departed towards Windmill Harbour, ending up anchoring at Cedar Cove anchorage on Cooper River, 8 miles from SCYC.

Overall, I did 42 miles in 10 hours including an hour break.

Supper of Sausage with spaghetti and garlic

Brunswick to Wally s Leg

I weighed anchor at 10 ish and lazily headed to Brunswick Landing about 5 miles away to get fuel.  

On the way, after the Syndey Lanier bridge, in front of the commercial dock, the engine died of fuel starvation.  There should have been 7 hours left. The gauge was low and I was suspicious.

I dropped the anchor at 40 feet added fuel to the tank and commented on bleeding the engine.  It was not going well so I opened the secondary filter to refill it.  I found the O-ring had broken but I had several spares.  Eventually, I got the engine started and got to Brunswick Landing Marina and purchased 18 Gallons. My theoretical tank is 70 liters which should be 18 gallons.  I filled the water tank and departed without any assistance.  

It was almost 1 PM and I was tired and stressed.  I headed north towards Doboy and I ended up at a nice anchorage called Wally's Leg.  Very pleasant and had a good shot or two of whiskey and BBQ some boneless pork ribs again.  

A nice evening at a very isolated anchorage all alone. 

To Brunswick- OUTSIDE (Jekyle Island anchorage)

I got back to the boat from Keith's about 1 AM and was concerned about the length of my trip back north.  I studied the charts and listened to podcasts until 3AM before falling asleep. 

Got up at 8:30, made a hearty breakfast of Ramen and Sausages, pulled up the dinghy, checked the transmission oil level and set off to Brunswick. 

I had created a route on Aquamap and used Autorouting on Raymarine and headed out.  I soon realized the auto route was taking me outside to the Atlantic.  The winds were light and somewhat southernly so I decided to go for it.  I was shorter and easier - 23 miles straight on the Ocean.  It was easy and I did motor sail as the winds picked up and I entered the inlet to Brunswick. Upon arriving on the ICW, I furled the jib and tried to contact Brunswick Landing Marina to determine the hours of the fuel dock. It turns out there was a 60 foot boat pumping 500 gallons and it was going to take some time. I decided to anchor nearby at Jekyle Island. and return tomorrow.