Underway this morning with the help of several of the transient boaters at 7:30 AM. One boater was jealous. He recently bought a new Regal 40+ foot cabin cruiser and is on his 5th engine replacement. Apparently Regal, trying to save money and weight, reduced the strength of the hull and the engines are not being properly supported. They just vibrate themselves to death. He wants to go boating but just now has a condo.
Winds were above 15 knots but we were in fairly protected waters so moved fairly rapidly. We stopped at St John’s Marina, near Charleston, and fueled then continued on to Georgetown, probably our favorite stop. We lucked out with fairly clear waterways and pulled into Harbor Walk Marina in Georgetown at 5 PM. A 135 mile trip completed in 9.5 hours. A good day. The boat performed flawlessly, finally.
Carey took me to River Room Restaurant for dinner, our favorite on the ICW. We’re now back on board and ready for our trip to South Port tomorrow. We’re hoping the winds die down somewhat. And, we’ll have a tough day making South Port as we have a lot of no-wake zones to travel through. We’ll see how it ends up.
You are on the water and moving. Can’t really ask for more.