[Rhodes22-list] Beaufort, SC
William E. Wickman
wewickman at duke-energy.com
Tue Nov 30 09:18:38 EST 2004
Great post Bob! I've camped at Hunting Island and visited the Beaufort a
couple of times; always thought it would be a nice area to explore from the
water. My 14 year old daughter is a dolphin fanatic so she would be in
heaven..and so would I in getting an opportunity to spend quality time with
her doing something we both love. Did you use any guide books or just wing
it? Did the City Marina have nice bathouse facilities? Did they let you
park your trailer there while you were out cruising?
Bill W.
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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
>From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
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>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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