Moving North up the ICW

Victory Lap Week 4/8

Monday April 25, by 9:50am, we departed the Charleston Harbor Marina, heading north on the ICW.

We Anchored for the night at 5:30pm in Winyah Bay about 7 nm South of Georgetown, SC, which is our destination tomorrow. Continuing on would be a fight against the current making our arrival after sunset.

49 nautical miles traveled this day, 32 days to go to Tolchester Marina in Maryland. There are a few more stops up the East Coast staying in the warm weather, visiting family and friends and sharing a meal or two.

Tuesday April 26, the morning was spent polishing the stainless rigging as well as cleaning the galley. We are waiting for the current to slow down a bit as Trance will be fighting it all the way to Georgetown. Anchor was up by 11:30am, arrived in Georgetown by 1:40pm.

We spied an Island Packet in the Harborwalk Marina, so we had to go say hello. S/V Just Ducky, Linda and Mahlon Stauffer. As it turns out, they’ve been following our journey! They joined us for dinner at Rollin Local. It was a great evening!

31 days to go.

Wednesday April 27, today was a lazy day spent on the boat.

30 days to go.

Thursday April 28, a walk into the historic section of Georgetown, purchased fish and shrimp from the Independent Seafood Co-Op.

For dinner I made Crispy Fish Filets served with yellow beans.

29 days to go.

Friday April 29, anchor up by 10am.

Anchor was dropped at 6:30pm for the night in Dutchman Creek.

For dinner we made Shrimp Oreganata with cheesy mashed potatoes paired with a delicious South African white wine.

28 days to go.

Saturday April 30, arrived at the Southport Marina in NC by 12pm, later we walked to Dry Street Pub & Pizza for lunch.

27 days to go.

Sunday May 1, laundry and provisioning day. I used Instacart for the groceries. Publix was more than 5 miles away and no Uber drivers in town or they don’t work on Sundays.

Island Packet get together, sundowners on s/v Revival, Lisa and Bruce and joined by s/v Pyxis, Phil and (Susan, she wasn’t there) along with Chris and Stacy, cousin Dave was there too.

26 days to go.