Roseanne Roseanna Danna always said it's always something.

You will have to get to the end to figure out the "Laugh In" reference. We had 2-3 foot seas predicted and after 3 days of running inside with shallow waters, lots of boats and slow no wake zones we were ready to get out on the ocean and let the Volvo's breathe. Had a nice run and would have fished but we realized we didn't have South Carolina licenses. Beautiful day and we cruised past Fort Sumpter about 11:30.
Had to photograph this tree and the low hanging branch at Sea Pines - Hilton Head.

Leaving Hilton Head - calm.

We got out on the ocean and it was still really nice.

We saw container ships on the horizon.

Our AIS showed 31 container ships at the peak.

Fort Sumpter guarding the entrance to Charleston Harbor - where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.

Big cable stay bridge over the Cooper river.

Our marina was just past the Coast Guard dock.

About 4 feet of tide  here.

The "Mega Dock" is a 20 foot wide and 1000 foot long concrete floater - very nice!

Nebo said we ran 93.9 miles

Fellow looper took our picture on our way to the Atlantic.

Dinner at the Blind Tiger in downtown Charleston.

Beautiful sunset from the Ark on our first night here - generator service guy on Monday morning.

Service guy used what information and pictures I had along with a handful of other diagnostics to confirm - electrical - likely mother board issue. Of greater concern are the deep and nearly circumferential cracks if the bellows of our dripless seals for the cutlass bearings - potential to sink the boat if they fail and they look close to failure now. It's always something on a boat!
Took this photo of the beautiful old houses lining the Ashley River on our way in - figured mom would have enjoyed seeing them. We are now working on a plan to haul out again and get the repair we need before sinking which doesn't sound like fun. Enjoy every day!


 

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LINDA and JIM WECKMAN said…
Don’t know if you have hauled out yet, but if the cutless brgs are over 10yr it may be worthwhile replacing them also. YUP, it’s a boat——Forge Ahead!
June 27, 2022 at 3:19 PM
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