30 Knots on the Nose on the Waccamaw River

A fun ride into Georgetown, on the Waccamaw River, 30kts wind on nose, plus 1 1/2 kts tide against wind, quite a ride!

I have no idea how monohulls make this trip!! Pretty much each part of this voyage  the water depths can go from 15 ft. to 3 ft.  with no warning. A lot of anchorages are extremely shallow, and there is a reason there are so many Tow Boat US advertisements along the waterway.  The  cut through called the Rock Pile is a channel with the warning not to deviate and come into contact with submerged rocks on either side, 18" draft helps there too! We also wouldn't want to make this trip without a GPS, even allows me to stay on course and in the channel.

Passed my favorite name on the whole ICW the Wacca Wache Marina, it just rolls off the tongue.

The trip on the Waccamaw River into Georgetown was a challenge for any boat, extremely short choppy seas caused by a southerly at 30 - 35 knts. and a tide against wind.  Gemini handled the conditions well, took our speed down to about 4 knts, but we got into the harbor in one piece, and were very pleased to do so, there were some casualties limping into the harbor this afternoon.

Never been here before, Georgetown is a lovely town, lots of history, difficult to choose a restaurant, too much choice, but Italian won out tonight, and it was good!

Heading for beautiful Charleston tomorrow. Hope it stops raining.