June 8, 2017.  June here from Beaufort SC:  A few months ago, as I was reading blogs by boaters making a journey like this one, I noted that much of the text was about 1. weather and 2. boat repairs becoming necessary along the way.  Now I understand why.  I will leave it to Howard to document the problems he has had to address with alternators, bilge pumps, fan belts, inverters, and shower heads, to name a few.

As to #1, we've had gray rainy days for about half of our first week out.  Fortunately, though we've motored through some pretty poor visibility, we've not yet had to dock the boat in the rain.  (Setting out fenders and lines on wet decks in a downpour would be no fun at all.)

None of this, however, has kept us from enjoying the charms of the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway and coastal Old South Georgia and South Carolina:

Thunderbolt Marina outside Savannah GA, June 3, 2017
We were definitely not the largest boat at Thunderbolt Marine.  Huntress, in the foreground, is around 200 feet.  We are 45.


Thunderbolt GA

Tubby's Tank House with live oaks, spanish moss, and crepe myrtles, Thunderbolt GA




Girl Scouts visiting the former home of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, in Lafayette Square, Savannah GA

Ferry boat in downtown Savannah named for Juliette Low, founder of the Girl Scouts



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Sunrise in Thunderbolt GA, June 7, 2017
Passing Harbor Town, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on a rainy June 7

View of a rainy Waterfront Park, on the Beaufort River, Beaufort, South Carolina from our table at Plum's Restaurant, June 7, 2017


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