Sunday 11/19/2017 - Church Creek to Beaufort SC

I'm sure today's 42 miles was by far the most complicated of any I've done to date. The chart plotter said it lasted 9.5 hours but it stated at 6:45 am and ended at 3:30 pm - and that's only 8.75 hours.  It started out a little rainy but was windy ALL day.  The wind was out of the west in the morning and rotated to the NW.  It seemed like it was on the nose most of the time but there was even one stretch where I was under genoa alone and doing 6.5 knots.  Sometimes I do forget it IS a sailboat.  The day was filled with many shoals, twists, and turns (see below).  If the current was against me for one stretch, it was with me for another.  I guess it all evened out but the 9 mile stretch up the Coosaw had 1.5 to 2 knots of current against me with the wind on the nose.  The good news was that the sun was out all day after about 9 am.  I had not planned on making it to Beaufort but this WAS one of the stops I wanted to make AND the temperature is supposed to be in the high 30s tonight.

Wadmalaw River - 7.4 miles

Dawho River - 4 miles

North Creek - 1.1 miles

Watts Cut - 1.4 miles

South Edisto River - 6 miles

Fenwick Island Cut - .4 miles

Ashepoo River - 1.6 miles

Ashepoo - Coosaw Cutoff 1 - 1.5 miles

Rock Creek - 1 mile

Ashepoo-Coosaw Cutoff 2 - 1.4 miles

Coosaw River - 9.4 miles

Brickyard Creek - 3 miles

Beaufort River - 3.4 miles