Passage Passage - Georgetown- Osprey Marina, South Myrtle Beach, SC
32 SM 4.9 Engine Hours
9:40 AM Underway
12:19 PM Docked port side to inside face dock

Went went to Osprey Marina mainly to get fuel. Fuel is the lowest price in South Carolina. We took on 120 gallons. Osprey marina is located at mile 373 of the ICW. That is 373 miles from Portsmouth, VA which is Mile 0. We should burn no more that 110 gallons to get to mile 0. We will fill up at Top Rack Marina, mile 8.8, in Chesapeake, VA. And, full tanks will run us all summer running around the Chesapeake Bay. The price of oil has been going up and all of the fuel prices are going up with it. Still, if you get it as the cheapest price you do as good as you can. Also, these cheaper priced places pump LOTS of fuel, so you get fresh clean fuel. I’m still getting water and junk out of my starboard tank after filling anywhere. And, I did have to drain the fuel filter after taking on fuel at Osprey.

The trip between Georgetown and Myrtle Beach is some of the prettiest parts of the ICW. It is swampy and dark black water in places. Cyprus trees and it really looks spooky in places. And, then there are the old rice fields with the canals running from the ICW up into fields. The only alligator I have ever seen on the ICW is along this stretch a few trips back.

Today’s picture is a cool steel sail boat we saw going down and is still anchored near Myrtle Beach. ( And yes I’m a few passages behind in my posts )