Sailing: Feb 14th

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Feb 14th

Happy Valentine´s Day everyone, We hope you have a lovely time with your sweetheart. We were up early today to get a ride from Junior into Hopetown where we and about 50 other people took Froggie´s Dive Shop Ferry over to Man of War Cay for their annual School fundraiser flea market. It was really well attended with ferries coming from all over plus their own locals. It consisted of rummage sale tables, games, , book sale s crab races, etc and a huge food market with homemade wares. We couldn´t resist the rib dinners and fresh conch salad. We walked round the quaint streets of the island which seems to have a fair number of regular residents and a real community feel to it.On return to Sea Spray we had showers and got ready for thee Valentine´s dinner and entertainment. It was well attended as well with the outdoor patio full and people eating in the more formal dining room too.Junior an his band ¨The Islanders¨ provided lively entertainment until about midnight. For the next few days we plan on spending some time doing maintenance the boat.

Historical Sidebar Beaufort South Carolina

Founded in 1711,Bearfort is a popular ICW stopover and a history buff's dream. Many of the town's majestic homes are visible from the water, high on the green banks that edge the town side of the river. Most of the antebellum plantation houses have been restored, but others remain in ruins as monuments to halcyon days when silks, indigo, rice and Sea Island cotton created vast fortunes for landholders hereabouts. Live oak trees through the city are magnificent in their size and shape. Given this panorama, it is small wonder that Hollywood studios made several movies here, including 'The Big Chill' and 'The Princeof Tides'.

Historical Sidebar - Charleston South Carolina

Founded in 1670 by the British, Charles Towne soon welcomed French Huguenots who imparted the Creole flavor that still colors the area. Charleston today is a city of pastel houses and tidy brick-walled gardens behind lacy iron gates. Much of the city's beauty stems from hard times. In the years following the Civil War, little building or demolition occurred in depression-gripped Charleston. While other cities tore down their old structures to build Victorian houses, Charlestonians had to make do, fighting to keep the buildings they already had from decaying. Because of this, Charlestonians are fiercely protective of their town and its heritage.