Left Savannah with Lady Royal this morning at around 7:15 am in order to catch the rising tides. Isle of Hope marina is a really nice marina and Savannah a great city. There were a few bad spots along the way to Beaufort (pronounced Bufort): crossing the Savanna River at Field Cut and then later on at Wright River. However, the key is to go over them on a flood tide so that if you do get stuck, eventually you float off the mud, especially with an 8 foot change between low and high tide. As we were passing Hilton Head Island, we heard of a couple of other Loopers heading out of Jarvis Creek - Bade Boomer and Rambler (42 foot Nordic which we saw in Green Turtle Bay up on the Cumberland River in Kentucky). We fell in behind them and followed them all the way to Beaufort. This was a bit of a homecoming for Lady Royal since they had traveled to the Bahamas with Rambler and Bade Boomer (and also Q's End and Finally. So went out to dinner with all of them at a great restaurant in Beaufort called Emilie's. Turns out the captain of Rambler who now lives in the US is a Canadian who played hockey for the Oshawa Generals in the mid 60's. Spent a bit of time reminiscing about the old time players from those teams and the Niagara Falls Flyers as they were all Boston Bruins property. We both agreed that Orr was the best player of all time. Lots of Fun.
As soon as I got to Beaufort, I faxed my cruising permit back to Customs and Border people in Savannah who were trying to trace my Cruising Permit Number from Drummond.
The group having dinner at Emilie's Beaufort is not a large town, but like many towns along this stretch of the ICW has a history that mixes English, Spanish and French ownership over the years. Since we were going to leave tomorrow morning, we did not spend a lot of time walking around.
Downtown Beaufort
No comments:
Post a Comment