Sailing: Wed Feb 4th

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Wed Feb 4th

Well it was another windy night at the dock and we were rocking quite a bit again. These N winds and choppy seas are preventing everyone from moving again today although when Chas and Louie are going up to the hot tub a sailboat can be seen making its way through the breakwall. Everyone rushes over to help them dock in these windy conditions.We meet the young couple on this 29 footer later and find out they are from Chicago,having had their boat shipped to Lake Worth Fla, and are now starting a 6 month holiday.

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.