Beaufort, South Carolina - ICW mile 536

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Tides and currents have become of daily interest.
In Albermarle Sound there is no tide and the only current is wind driven. Here in Beaufort the tidal range is 8 - 10 feet and the current can run at 4 knots. we entered one river doing 2mph and left it doing 9!

We have made good progress in the past 2 weeks and have racked up a few needed "gold star"days (spent no money.)

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Photos

low tide on the ICW
we try to time our runs to coincide with the currents but sometimes come across 5 or 6 changes a day

"Rising Tide" at anchor
this fellow traveller has been solidy aground 3 times - once pulled off by a shrimp boat - but here is safely at anchor just north of Charleston

US Thanksgiving dinner
we celebrated Thanksgiving with the Brit couple off Baroness - meals aboard always taste better

derelict
sad reminder of the many hurricanes that have passed this way

Charleston Harbour
Charleston has a beautiful habour but we has to be careful as it is a minefield of floats on crabpots that can foul your prop

cruising to Beaufort
it was quite a surprise early in the morning to see this ship in the narrow channel - glad we were safely at anchor out of his way

Charleston mansions
one of the prettiest of the Old South cities

follow the towboat
groundings are common and everyone has insurance with a towboat company - we called once but managed to get ourselves off before he arrived... it is common to follow a boat being towed through a tricky part as in most cases the water is murkey and the sandbanks shift so local knowledge is valuable.