Monday, May 26, 2014

Yikes... We're Aground!!!

We left at 7:00 am this morning from Charleston at high tide. By the time we got to the vicinity of McClellanville, all that was gone. As we passed marker G37 the ground suddenly came up and met us. Yikes we're aground! Captain Ron kept us from total disaster by turning the rudders and powering us off. Boy, we sure kicked up a whole bunch of mud. After dealing with biting black horseflies for five hours and a near hard grounding we decided to pull into the nearest marina. So here we are at Leland Oil Co Marina, a small shrimping town in McClellanville, SC. We will calm our nerves, grill up salmon and veges and head out tomorrow.
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  1. AnonymousMay 26, 2014 at 6:16 PM

    I looked up some photos of McCleanville. Interesting town. Goodness what happened to the water? We are following your blog and enjoying it. LOL Kathleen

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  2. UnknownMay 27, 2014 at 1:19 PM

    Tide changes effect water levels. In addition to that SC does not have the money to dredge and make the channel deeper. We came through there at low tide.

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