We are back to the boat at Windmill Harbour in Hilton Head, SC. We arrived 3 days ago and have been provisioning to leave this morning to start south to the Keys. We got up at the crack o' dawn ready to head out. Well, wouldn't you know there is a down side to the beautiful 80 degree sunny weather we've been enjoying here, and that is the dreaded SEA FOG. We dropped the lines, made it through the lock and sat there for a couple hours waiting for the fog to lift. Just as we turned around and went back to the slip....it cleared up. By this time it was too late to leave. There is a 9.5' tide swing here. Our destination 4 hours away would have been at low tide upon arrival, not to mention having to pass through HELLS GATE ( a notorious location on the ICW) at low tide.
We enjoyed the day taking a walk around the gorgeous area here and are soon off to a movie. Not so bad, after all. We'll do the same drill tomorrow morning and hope it works. As we always say....we don't do Fog or Dark.
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