[Rhodes22-list] Beaufort, SC

[Wally Buck]

Thanks for posting, sounds like a nice trip - Wally

>From: "Bob Keller" <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>
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>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Beaufort, SC
>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:55:22 -0500
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>Ed,
>Going to try again.  Just wrote a long recap of the trip and then lost it 
>all trying to attach photos!  Ouch.
>
>Went to Beaufort two weeks ago and it is quite a nice destination (see 
>picture #799).  The downtown marina is the place to go - nice facility and 
>people and reasonably priced.  The boat ramp is good, but very steep and I 
>managed to bend my trailer tongue upon retrieval, but that is another 
>story...  See picture #801 for the Yankee Clipper at the downtown marina.
>
>The swing bridge on the northside of the ICW from Beaufort has 30 foot 
>clearance (see picture #810) and does not open betweeen 4-6PM, so I decided 
>not to go there because if I was sailing on the Broad River and St. Helena 
>Sound I would probably miss the 4PM opening and then have to wait around in 
>the dark for it to open.  Instead I went south down the Beaufort River, 
>which is much wider in this direction, past Parris Island (see picture 
>#797) and to Port Royal Sound - an impressive body of water.  On Monday 
>(day 1) I was out on the sound and had 16 knots of wind and was sailing on 
>a close reach and hit 6.5 knots of boat speed (knotmeter) which is an 
>all-time high for me while singlehanding.  I had the pop-top down but all 
>the sails out, including the full 175 genoa and the Yankee Clipper was 
>flying without much heeling in 16 knots of true wind.  Pretty amazing, but 
>it helps when it is not gusting but steady.  There were dolphins and 
>porpoises all around me- I was literally surrounded by them.  
>Unfortunately, that was the last day that I had good wind.
>
>Day 2 I went to Hilton Head (had a business meeting there) and had to motor 
>all the way - it took 4.5 hours to get to there.  Have to cross Port Royal 
>Sound and enter at Skull Creek (picture #813).  I stayed at Palmetto Bay 
>Marina which is on Broad Creek which literally cuts HH in half from 
>Calibogue Sound.  Total distance from Beaufort to this marina is 24 nm.  
>The currents in the ICW take some getting used to - they seemed to peak at 
>2.5 knots at mid-tide and less at either side, but they are significant.  
>The Palmetto Bay Marina is a low key, inexpensive marina in between the two 
>more popular and much more expensive marinas: Harbor Town and Shelter Cove. 
>  I found it to be excellent because it is half the price of Harbor Town 
>and is much closer to the Sound than Shelter Cove.  This was great the next 
>day when I took some people from work out for an afternoon sail on 
>Calibogue Sound.  Only 5-8 knots of wind, but it was nice and relaxing and 
>we saw lots more dolphins.  Would have gone out in the ocean that day but 
>ran out of daylight.
>
>Left for Beaufort the next day and got back (motoring again) in 4 hours 
>thanks to some favorable currents.  The highlight of this trip was when I 
>was up at the bow winding up my sheets and a dolphin came right toward the 
>boat and then turned and started swimming in my bow wake.  I bent down and 
>considered touching him, but instead I just looked at him as he was only 
>about 3 or four feet away from me.  He rolled on his side and looked up at 
>me, then turned back over, blew out his blow hole and sprayed me with 
>water.  Then he took off!  Pretty amazing as I felt like he was messing 
>with me.
>
>Overall, Beaufort is a nice destination, but especially since Hilton Head 
>is so accessible by boat from there.  Last year I went to HH by boat from 
>Savannah (Thunderbolt, actually) and Beaufort is far better - nicer 
>facilities and a more interesting, scenic and sailable route to HH.  The 
>route from Savannah is very narrow ICW where you cannot really sail.
>
>Picture #807 is a sunset over the anchorage in Beaufort.
>
>Now I just need a new trailer for my next trip...
>Bob K
>Yankee Clipper
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>>From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
>>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Capt. Bob Keller
>>Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:59:38 -0500
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>>Mr. Rummy said y6ou were sailing on Lake Hartwell on Saturday.  He said 
>>last
>>week that you were sailing at Beaufort, SC.  Is any of this is true?  I 
>>can
>>understand Rummy speaking for Rodger (with a D) because he does not have
>>internet access.  Surely, if what Rummy is saying, you can let us know, 
>>and
>>maybe post a picture or two or three or ........
>>
>>Ed K
>>~~~~ _/) ~~~~
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