Jere Lull wrote in news:2007091020270316807-
jerelull@maccom:

Here on the Chesapeake, we have dozens of *favorite* anchorages within
an easy weekend range, too many to visit in any one season. We've done
about a dozen weeks all told visiting *only* new anchorages, and still
have two two-week (minimum) trips to do to reach just the best of the
rest.



Charleston is like that. There are hundreds of uninhabited islands to
explore, many with Atlantic beaches unspoiled by real estate tycoons and
developers because they simply can't get there...except for Dewees Island
which has a ferry just N of the Isle of Palms. North of that to
Georgetown, the Atlantic beachfront is simply VACANT! You can lay out on
a half mile of nice beach and be the only footprints, or you can go to
other places where only boaters can go.

A great day tour is the Cooper River-Tailrace Canal from Charleston to
Moncks Corner. We even took Dan's Hatteras 56 motor yacht up there for
the weekend, much to the dismay of the lock operator...(c; Your only
cost to use the lock is to tell the operator the name of your boat and
where you're from. We anchored the Hat off a little island in the lake
for the night and came back downriver into the salt...all flushed out I
might add...the next day. Before we did it, I made a mark on the hull
labeled "Salt". Once in the lake, I made another mark further up the
hull marked "Fresh". They were still there when he sold the boat...(c;
It's amazing how much better salt water floats a boat. Even the missing
fuel from the trip couldn't compensate for the difference in density.

Some guy on a nice deck boat came over and asked us if we were lost! I
said, "Isn't this the way to Georgetown?? We're headed to Boston." As
he was curious about the inside of the yacht and had a really NICE mess
of landlocked bass to share for lunch on the flybridge lounge, it was a
great day. We left the Hat on the deck boat to tour around some
shallower water to sightsee. Not all the great places are in the salt.

Going through the no-wake zone by the waterfront seafood restaurant at
Moncks Corner was also great fun. The Hat looked like a SHIP was going
by, compared to the normal runabout/jetski/pontoon boats they see. The
dock was too crowded with small boats to stop for lunch on Sunday or we'd
have tied her up and ate there. Some restaurant workers were taking a
smoke break on the dock and I asked them, "Can I use your
boatramp?"...hee hee...(c;

Larry
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You gotta drive the Hat slow by the docks. The wake might take out
someone's LIVING ROOM!