Beaufort – Church Creek, April 7

We got underway at 9:40 this morning. It’s 67 miles to Charleston. We planned to go the majority of the way today, anchor for the night, then get to Charleston tomorrow morning.

It was cold and overcast. In fact, Darrell wore long pants and Beth put on her long underwear. Again, we are so glad we enclosed the flybridge.

The Intercoastal Waterway in Florida is relatively straight. In Georgia and South Carolina the path is bit more tortuous. We traveled a totaled 47.8 miles today – but as a bird flies it probably wasn’t more than 30 miles. Just today we journeyed on the following rivers, creeks and cutoffs, almost always via a crooked route, hitting every point on the compass. The Beaufort River, Coosaw River, Ashepoo Coosaw Cutoff, Rock Creek, Ashepoo River, Fenwick Cut, South Edisto River, North Creek, Dawho River, North Edisto River, Wadmalaw River and Church Creek.

Needless to say, a good chart plotter and chart books are a necessity.

We anchored at Church Creek at 4:45 p.m.