Sailing: Feb 22nd

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Feb 22nd

Hey Dude, Surfs Up! Well we opted to stay at Sea Spray today and watch the surfing competition at the ocean just over the sand dunes. It was a fundraiser to send local surfers to the national competition in Nassau . Most of the surfers were males between 13 an 30 although there was one female and a couple of older guys.A prerequisite to being an island surfer seems to be to have a tattoo on your back and actually most of them were pretty nice looking.You get a totally different perspective when you watch them through the binoculars. The waves seem a lot bigger and you can see how much work it is just for them too get out there in the first place. It looks very exciting but I think I´ll stick to beach combing!Saturday is the Hopetown Volunteer Firefighter´s Fundraiser so we´ll report on that.

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.