Sailing: A Sinking Feeling

Saturday, October 18, 2008

A Sinking Feeling

Woke up this morning to find that we were losing one of our neighbours. Not because they were sailing off into the sunset but because they were sinking!! Sometime during the night the 120 foot Scooner that was moored on the next dock to us heeled over and began to go down. Several people are working to save her as I write this, but the stern is already completely submerged.

Unbelievably, one fellow is standing on the dock passing reams and reams of paper towels to another fellow that is on board - I know Bounty is the 'Quicker Picker Upper', but come on, really!??!

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.