Companion Travels: On The Way to Savannah...Last Minute Detour to Hilton Head

Tuesday mid morning after leaving Port Royal Landing, SC we headed towards Savannah, GA. A few hours into the trip Captain Ron looked at the clouds in the distance and expressed some concern. After checking the weather just south of our location he determined that we would be in the midst of a violent thunderstorm in a very short amount of time. So we checked the charts and found a marina at Hilton Head, SC that we could tuck into. We moored at Harbor Town Yacht Basin within 20 minutes of the storm sweeping through.

Located in the heart of the Sea Pines Resort, and ideally situated on Hilton Head Island's beautiful Calibogue Sound it was a welcome site. Upon hailing the marina we were instucted to follow a small pilot boat that would lead us to our slip. Wow, that's a first! As we cruised into the marina we noticed that we were one of the smallest boats there, a few 75 to 100+ yachts surrounded us. No prob, the Clampetts can hold their own!!! :-)

After a walk about at Sea Pines Resort, a bit of shopping and a cocktail we headed back to the "Companion" for dinner. We met a delightful couple at the marina and invited them over for a bit.

One of the boats moored just across from us was the "Kingfish" a 107 ft yacht from Yakima, WA. It came in shortly after we did and had a working crew of 4, 8 guests and sells for about 5.5 million. Oh my....

Anyway, back to the Sagaert working crew, the next morning we left Hilton Head at about noon. Not beacuse we slept in but due to the tide changes we had to plan our trip accordingly. Between South Carolina and Georgia you will encounter a tide change on the AICW of about 8 feet. So planning is most important.