Sailing South aboard Lucy III: 2020-2021 (Day 48)

The Harborage at Ashley Marina, Charleston, South Carolina:  October 21, 2020

Marc-  We had a beautiful red sky sunrise.  Pulling up two anchors takes some planning.  The lines had twisted during the overnight current changes.  I was able to untangle the lines and then let out twice the length used overnight on the Danforth and then pull up the Bruce anchor with Michael's help (it was really well set).  Michael then left the raft up with Fidler's Green.  I then pulled up the Danforth and off we went seeing several dolphins as we left the anchorage.  Fortunately we had a favorable North wind (10 knots) and favorable current at the start.  We passed the next 30 miles to Charleston Harbor in the ICW.  This part of the ICW crosses a number of small inlets that first speed up the favorable current and then slows you up after passing it.  Sue and I also observed white pelicans for the first time on this trip.  Two thirds of the way into the journey our engine just suddenly stopped.  I had just transferred fuel from the spare tank to the main tank. Sue was at the helm and we did have our genoa set and pulling us ahead.   I checked everything to do with the engine and its systems finding only a hot coil.  Thinking this might be related to an electrical overheat situation I left the engine cover off and then tried to restart the engine after several minutes.  It worked and we had no other issues with the engine.  I called Lucy III's engine doctor (Brian) who confirmed that the coil could be the cause.  I replaced the coil once we arrived in Charleston.  

Charleston is a large city with class.  It has beautiful architecture and a vibrant economy.  Once tied up at the marina we called a Lyft to get downtown.  We walked around the historic district.  We came back later in the evening after finding an excellent supermarket (Harris Teeter) to replenish the stores on board Lucy III.

Awendaw Creek Sunrise.

The white pelicans.

Passing the Ben Sawyer Bridge.

Beautiful Charleston home

Notice the front door opens onto the porch.  We saw several old homes set up in this fashion.

Window at the courthouse

More of the Courthouse.

We walked into a filming of a television show filming in the historic section.