We had long but successful day yesterday. We left Beaufort early as usual and moved right along . The tides were generally heplful until we got to Hell's Gate past Isle of Hope at low tide. All the current advice is don't do that but we have gone through at low tide successfully a number of times. I won't say it was no problem but we got through with about 8 inches under the keel. We anchored just before dark in Walburg Creek after our longest distance day, 85 miles. Rained all night but so what.
Off to St Simons Is, this morning. The challenge was to get to Little Mud River before the tide dropped too much. This 5 mile stretch is the worst in the ICW. At low tide there are places with less than three feet of water. Made it at about 2/3 high tide so no problem. We intended to stay in St Simons one night but the current forecast is, in a word, miserable so we may stay another day. Stay tuned.
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