[Rhodes22-list] Beaufort, SC

[ed kroposki]

Bob,
	Great pictures.  I think you saw more sailboats than I did.  Mine
were scattered along the waterfront.
	Now tell us what is bent on your trailer.  Is it the extension?

Ed K


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bob Keller
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 6:55 PM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Beaufort, SC

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>
>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 ........
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>Ed K
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