At B & B Seafood Near Mosquito Creek, SC

First, Happy 25th Birthday to our son, Ryan!

We left Charleston City Marina at 9 a.m., under the 65 ft. fixed bridge and arrived in time for the 9:30 a.m. opening of Wappoo Bridge. We motored at 3200 rpms and only traveled 1.6-2 knots SOG because of the 4k+ current through the Elliott Cut! We never experienced anything like it. We entered Stono River and our speed picked up to 6 knots SOG for a few minutes, then decreased to 4 knots due to the current off our starboard. It was a cold, nasty day on the water and I made hot chocolate. Yum.

We entered a very narrow channel to enter the Wadmalaw River. SOG was 8.2 knots at 2800 rpms.

At MM490 we passed Yonges Island Boatyard where they build commercial ships.

At 1 p.m. SOG was 6.1 knots with 12 knots of wind and we motorsailed in the South Edisto River. We originally planned to anchor at Steamboat Creek, MM496.7, but Wayne called and said we would try Fishing Creek. After going under the fixed bridge there, we waited in the channel while Wayne explored the area to see if it was a good place to take Sailor to land. It wasn't, so we decided to continue on to MM513.5 to B & B Seafood where there's shrimp boats and a floating dock for two boats.

At MM505, G151, the current and wind going against each other was creating a lot of turbulence and SOG was 6 knots at 2800 rpms. At MM152A we were surfing, so we had to slow down a bit. The South Edisto River had 2 ft. seas!

We arrived at B & B Seafood at 4:30 p.m. and are staying here for the night. Cost is just $25 to tie up, but no power, so it's like being anchored but we don't have to worry about anchor drag! The bonus is, we each bought 2 lbs. of shrimp fresh off the boat and I steamed mine with some Old Bay seasoning for tonight's appetizer. Patti will freezer hers for another time.

Tomorrow: Beaufort, SC (pronounced Bew-furd), not to be confused with Beaufort, NC (pronounced Bow-furd).