South Edisto River Anchorage, South Carolina: October 23, 2020
Marc- We spent some of the morning going for a walk in Charleston in a different neighborhood. Beautiful old homes near the Southern end of town but they they are smaller than those in the historic district. These old homes need lots of maintenance and there were many contractors working about.
Departure from the marina was at 11:00 in order to enjoy a favorable current and to get to the Wappoo Drawbridge for its hourly opening at 11:30. We arrived 10 minutes early and went through the bridge alone. (Michael & Doreen can get through without the bridge being raised. We were surprised there were no other boats going through with us.) The next several miles saw us traveling at 9 knots as the tidal current rushed through the man made cut. Land cuts are made to connect rivers yet our speed continued at 7 - 7.5 knots for the next two hours. Unfortunately the tide turned on us eventually and our last 2 1/2 hours were spent at approximately 5 knots. We saw several dolphins on this passage. I totally missed our planned destination of Steamboat Creek anchorage when I turned West on the ICW into Dawhoo Creek. Michael called to give me the bad news after a couple of miles. Not wanting to backtrack we continued onward and found an even better anchorage. There were four trawlers that passed us during the afternoon and they are all in this anchorage tonight. We rafted up with Fiddler's Green for the night.
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