Happy Birthday Clara! Sorry I'm not home to help celebrate.
Georgetown was the Southern extreme of our attempt two years ago to go South. That trip was in February and it was COLD all the way down and back. At that time, we decided to head back home rather than continue. We are determined this time to make it, although we haven't had the best weather. This morning it is 46 degrees.
After a rather messy day traveling the ditch, we arrived in Georgetown, SC. We settled in for a rather rainy evening on the anchor in the harbor. But good sleeping.
We needed fuel, so started the engine to go a marina. On starting the engine, the batteries were weak and we had to switch to battery selector to "all". This raised a "red flag".
We were able to leave the boat on the dock and walk downtown to get breakfast. The more we thought about it, we thought there might be something wrong because of the problem starting the engine. After breakfast, we got back to the boat and started doing some checks and it didn't take long to realize that we were probably having alternator problems.
After some conversations with the dock master, we were able to arrange for a marine technician to meet us in the afternoon to confirm our concerns. And he did. After a few checks, he determined that our alternator was not working. A few phone calls later and we determined that we are stuck here in Georgetown until probably next Wednesday while awaiting a new alternator and getting it installed.
I've heard it said about cruising that it is just working on your boat in exotic places. Georgetown is nice, but not exotic. However, it is a nice community, somewhat like Beaufort. There are some events going on this weekend and we plan to make a run to the local Walmart.
We are sitting at the dock beside a big shrimp boat at "The Boat Shed Marina" and will be here for a while.
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