Motor-sailing the Waccamaw
27 April 2012 | South of Myrtle Beach, SC
Waccamaw River scenery
We arrived at Georgetown harbor late afternoon Wednesday and dropped anchor for the night. Thursday morning we moved to a marina. The Captain filled water and fuel, the Admiral cleaned inside, the Captain cleaned outside, and then the Admiral did laundry and walked a mile to get groceries. They provided a ride back.
Georgetown is probably the most interesting little town we have visited. Interesting shops and restaurants. In particular we had a wonderful dinner at Limpin' Jane's, supposedly Hoppin' John's sister, owned and operated by former-swabbie David's former roomate and his spouse.
Had breakfast ashore this morning, Friday, and then a lovely trip up the Waccamaw through cypress swamp. We planned to anchor out, but there is a marina here, Osprey, that has an interesting location, is inexpensive ($1 per foot), and gets rave reviews on the Web. So we decided to stay. But we will be eating on the boat as we are stuffed from 3 meals ashore in Georgetown. We have been reading on their porch, and we also completed boat chores for the moment by defrosting the fridge.
Weather is definitely back to warm. Yesterday in Georgetown it was windy, but today has been calmer, and partly sunny, with rain likely tonight. The next few days look similar.