Bucksport Plantation Marina, Bucksport, South Carolina: April 30, 2021
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bucksport,+SC+29527/@33.6507851,-79.0948979
Marc- We departed McClellanville at 08:00 and quickly exited Jeremy Creek to the ICW. I was happy to see a favorable current the entire day of travel. There were some 1-2 foot waves encountered in the lower Waccamaw River below Georgetown. Once past the Georgetown Bridge (Lafayette Bridge) the wind shifted to the West and the river calmed down and allowed for raising the genoa. This boosted our speed to 7 knots while motor sailing. It also allowed us to arrive at our destination at 16:00. Like the photo above, the marina here is not quite in bloom although the owners are very friendly and many improvements are underway.
The Waccamaw River runs deep and has mostly forested shores. We saw miles and miles of bald cypress with Spanish moss. Bucksport was established by Henry Buck from Bucksport, Maine. Mr. Buck moved to South Carolina in 1828 to start lumber mills near the vast forests of cypress, pine and hardwoods in this area. Henry Buck's three sawmills produced 3 million board feet of lumber annually in the mid 19th century.. He owned ships that transported his timber to the Northeast as well as overseas. In 1875 he brought crews of Maine shipbuilders to Bucksport to build wooden ships. The shipbuilding venture was short lived since his men wanted to return to Maine after several years. The Buck family owned 9,000 acres of forest land known as the Bucksport Plantation.
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