[Rhodes22-list] Beaufort, SC
Bob Keller
r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 30 10:59:12 EST 2004
Bill,
I used the Crusing guide to coastal Georgia and SC by Claiborne Young and it
was pretty good. I also had a paper chart and a handheld GPS with the area
chart - that was a nice convenience. The marina has adequate showers and
rest rooms. I would say they are average to above-average, and the people
were great as I left my trailer and vehicle there all week without a
problem. The parking lot is large and was mostly empty and the launch ramp
is really nice and has a large dock both next to the ramp and it extends off
to the side quite a distance. People are allowed to dock there, just not
overnight. Having the adjacent dock made launching and retrieval pretty
easy-I pulled the boat up onto the trailer from the dock, and when launching
I just pulled it over and tied it off on the dock. Was also able to step
and unstep the mast in the parking lot with plenty of room. Nice,
trailer-friendly location, just watch for the steep ramp!
Where are you located?
Bob K
>From: "William E. Wickman" <wewickman at duke-energy.com>
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>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:18:38 -0500
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>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.
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>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
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>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
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> >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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