Goodbye Charleston! Hello WORLD!

 

 

The weather is good, tides are good - off we go!  We got up at 4 this morning and got everything in order to leave the dock by 5 a.m.  As we cranked the engine and started to stow the lines, along comes our friend, Ann Lange.  She is the captain of the sailing vessel SeaFever and she is not too far down the dock from us in Charleston.  Sweet Annie got up early this morning, just to come see us off.  Not too many people would do that (I can count on 1 finger the number that did). Granted it was 5 a.m.!  Thanks, Annie!

After we left the dock we proceeded towards the Cooper River Bridge.  We've done this track so much, we could do it in our sleep, thus why we were able to leave so early this morning and get a jump on the day.  The wind was a little strong, but with dramamine in our tummies, we pushed forward.  We are sailing about 3 miles off the coast of Charleston heading towards our first anchorage, somewhere near Hilton Head, South Carolina.

We actually ended up sailing about 11 miles off shore today and just arrived at our anchor spot for the night.  St. Helena Sound, South Carolina. Very quiet and very calm.  Much needed after the fun we had off shore today.