Today it is beautiful, clear, sunny and milder. We can see across the fields of grass as we pull up anchor and there are a few small fishing boats buzzing around. The tide is coming in but the water is low and the inevitable happens. We go aground once again. This time it is as we attempt to leave the creek and enter the ICW. A small fishing boat, with a motor the same size as the one we have on the dingy, tries to pull us off to no avail. Chas decides it will be a good exercise to try different techniques to see what will work best in dislodging us. He puts out another anchor by dropping it from the dingy and also tries heeling over the boat by pulling on the halyard. We finally pull ourselves off by winching the aft anchor in and heeling over. It was good practice. The rest of the day is bright, sunny and uneventful. We just miss the Ben Sawyer Swing Bridge opening but still arrive in Charleston by 1:00. 
We are at the Charleston Harbour Marina, right in the heart of the harbour.
There are Container Ships, cruisers, Tall Ships, Air Craft Carriers, tugs, and every other imaginable type of vessel. 
It is the complete juxaposition of our quiet anchorage of last night, but in its own way it has a spectacular beauty. 
The suspension bridge which we see from our deck could rival the art sculptures from any museum.
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