Sunday, December 3, 2017

12/3 Traveling with a super moon


Tonight 12/3 is a super moon.  That means that the high tides will be extra high and the low tides will be extra low.  It also means that one has to plan the journey carefully.  We left Jeremy Creek just after 7 a.m. so we were traveling close to high tide through that area.  We could tell that if we had done it at low tide we would never have had enough water to pass without getting running aground.  The weather was cloudy.  It was 60 degrees but it was raw. I stayed bundled up on the fly bridge.  As we entered Charleston Harbor, the sun finally started to peek out.  Our challenges were not done for the day.  We had to transit Ellicott Cut.  This is about a 3 mile cut between the  Ashley River and the Stono River.  It was almost low tide now and the water was running very fast through the cut.  It was like running rapids.  John had the engine running hard and we were still going less than 4 knots, that is slow.  Emerging from the cut onto the Stono River had me celebrating.  Just around the corner was our stop for the night, St. John's Yacht Club Marina.  The sun was out in full now.  We have been here before.  The showers are nice  I ran a quick load of laundry and we took the courtesy car to dinner.  The super moon rose across the river.  It was huge in the sky.


It is  Sunday.  When we are underway, I get to attend Mass by listening to it on Sirius on my cell phone.  The Mass is live from St. Patrick's Cathedral.  Today, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said the Mass and gave a really good sermon on the start of Advent.  My gym buddy, Jill Saelen, gave me the St. Brendan medallion in the picture above.  St. Brendan is the patron saint of navigators.  I also grew up in St. Brendan's parish in Boston.  

Tomorrow, we plan to travel with the high tide to Beaufort, SC.  It is a great little town.  The last time we were there we went to the Kazoo Factory and Museum.

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