Washed out to sea and back in

 From the helm, this is what we look at all night...with a flash and without.

Helm at night

Helm with a flash

Yes, sometimes I steer with my foot.

This was our second overnight passage and

Sunrise

each time the sun comes up it reminds me of the sunrise at the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro...the warmth and energy it brings not only to our bodies but to our mind as well. It also means we are that much closer to port!

The morning was peaceful with the seas calm. 

Julie relaxed while reading guide books of the ICW and learning about tide charts. She has been truly a great first mate...we've never been so close.

By 11:30, we arrived at the first buoy marking the entrance into Winyah Inlet by Georgetown, SC. It took an hour to transit the inlet...glad we arrived at flood tide (tide going in) which gave us a 2 knot push up river towards Georgetown. However, just before Georgetown we turned to port (left) which put us right back on the ICW but this time the current was against us and dropped our speed down to 5 knts. We pushed along for another 5 miles and by 13:30 we had dropped anchor in 12ft of water on Minim Creek...a non-stop 29 hour passage. Between the wind pushing us one way and the current pushing the other way we had forgotten where we dropped our anchor once we settled in for the day. One last thing to do...call the Customs & Border Protection people for South Carolina. For some reason, SC wants us to call in every time we stop for the night and every time they want the same information...yet I still haven't seen anyone from Customs?