Southport to Myrtle Beach
A rather uneventful day. The weather has been cloudy, windy and cool all day.
We left early from our anchorage in Southport and headed South (actually Southwest), fixing coffee and breakfast after getting underway.
The winds are in a good direction for motor sailing and we do that most of the day. We put up both the main and the Genoa, generally adding about .5 to .7 knots to our speed. It sure is nice having the roller furling main.
Going down the ICW, we are constantly going with or against a tide it seems. There are several inlets in this area and they obviously affect our speed with the tide going and coming.
This is probably the ugliest part of the ICW - literally a ditch. We try to make as much mileage as possible - just to get it out of the way. The goal is still to get around Georgetown, SC tomorrow and hopefully wait out the weather and get a good break so we can go outside and do some real sailing. The leg between Georgetown and Charleston is only about 50 miles, and with any decent winds (except the Southwest) we should be able to make that.
This part of the journey is not even worth a picture.
The Journey so far!
We stopped this evening at Barefoot Landing - supposedly one of the nice shopping centers around Myrtle Beach. There are very few people out tonight. We have supper at a steak house, come back to the boat and settle in.
Maybe tomorrow.
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