Greek’s Folly To The Rescue…

Thursday, June 2
We looked at our chain before we could pull the anchor and this is what we found. Tons of sea grass and thousands of bugs covering the snubber lines and the grass. I had to spray the lines down before I pulled  them up. When the water hit the bugs they swarmed away.

We got out of the Beaufort Anchorage around 7 am.

Nice cruising until we got to the Ashepoo Coosaw Cut.  We went through in mid tide and saw about 8 foot of water the entire way. Don’t go through this in the low tide.  We are going along well until  11 o’clock. Tom and Colletta led the way today and at Mile Marker Red 152 they came upon a boat waving a white shirt and waving them over.  A 25 ft Sea Ray called Square Grouper hit something and  lost the lower unit.   Their boat was sinking so they flag over Greek’s Folly to come and pick them up.  Engine room was flooded and they had 10 inches of water in the forward cuddy.  They went aboard Greek’s Folly and left the boat there to sink. Unfortunately they did not tie a float on it so they could come back and find it later.  We radioed the Coast Guard and told them where the boat was located. The guys that got off the boat called Sea Tow to ask them to please come and get them, but they refused. Essentially, they we too far away and they don’t handle boats that are sinking…

Tom and Colletta took them to the McKinley Washington Jr Bridge where they dropped an anchor and rowed the dinghy to drop the two guys off.   Excitement galore!

Cruised with Sea Angel. Captain Mark and Admiral Becky.  Very nice couple from Lady’s Island Marina by Beaufort that are traveling to The Potomac this summer.   This would be a great marina on our way back down.  $ 1.45 per foot, seven dollars per foot for a week.  Looks like a great place to stay.

 

Sea Angel decided to pass us as we waited for Tom and Colletta to drop off the guys that they rescued. After they passed us they got on the radio to warn us of very shallow areas. Ironically, as we transited this very shallow area we saw a Coast Guard buoy tender placing a buoy.  When we passed them they hailed us and inquired how deep the water was when we passed thru? We told them to call Greek’s Folly because he had a better depth finder. Tom gave them the data and proceeded to tell them that they should contact the higher ups and tell them that the area needs to be dredged. I think that fell on deaf ears. Anyway, they said that they would sit there and wait for high tide before the attempted the passage.

We must have churned up some small fish because these seagulls swarmed our wake.

The flies were terrible. Pam went on a hunting expedition and you can see the carnage that she left on the deck. I stopped counting at about 75 bodies.

We got to our Anchorage at Sylvan Shores on the Stono River at around 5:30 PM. We dropped the dinghy in the water and went over to Greek’s Folly for dinner.  They told us more about the two guys they had picked up and what had happened to them. This Anchorage is by a little boat landing that is private. Just before dark a guy that lives in that area came by and stopped to have a shot of Pyrate rum with us. We gave him our boat cards so he could follow our adventure.