Beautiful sunrise – left really early this morning, 6:10 AM. Wanted to get to Georgetown before the wind kicked up.Got boarded by the Coast Guard at 6:30 – they were concerned that I did not have my running lights on, although you can see it was light enough to see pretty well. They did a full safety inspection, which I passed – and got a ‘free pass’ in case I get stopped again.After the boarding, the sunset was even better…Crossing the Santee River – beautiful day, a little cool early on, but much warmer later.Came upon a floating swing bridge – never seen one before.Here is the actual bridge – it is a long barge that swings to the other shore and cars can drive across.Made it to the Georgetown Harborwalk Marina before 11AM – great place.This is the lounge, showers, laundry facility – very nice.Amazing spot – walk out of the marina and I am on Front street, with tons of restaurants and bars within walking distance.Theaters, restaurants and bars on both sides of the street.The free Maritime museum.A famous ship sunk during the Civil War.The smokestack can still be seen sticking out of the water nearby.Great spot – everything is right here.Made an anchor bridle system for the boat.Strong stainless U-bolts bolted into the hull with plates on both sides and set at the height of the rubber rail – so no chafe. Also very large strong line.And a fitting that will connect to the last link of my 65 foot chain.Buzz’s Roost – nice Terrapin POG IPA, overlooking the water along the Harbor Walk.And then a $2 Founders All-Day IPA – they are giving them away…The boardwalk along the water where most of the restaurants and bars are – our marina is just down the way.Dinner out with a bunch of my cruising friends – really great group. The next two days are forecast to be pretty bad weather – especially tomorrow, so I am not leaving until Sunday morning. Not a bad place to be stuck for a little while…
