On Saturday, we were transiting from Charleston to Beaufort, SC down the ICW. The tides rise and fallhere approximately 7 feet which creates swift currents in the rivers and canals:
“Hey T, look at this…..our speed over the bottom has jumped up to 10 knots !” (That’s flying in a sailboat under power) “Wow !! we are up to 12 kts and increasing !!! “ “I’ve never seen 13 knots !! “Boy, we are getting one heck of a push from this current; we are going to get to Beaufort before noon !!” “Hey captain, we don’t seem to be moving all that fast…are you sure ?” “Kill-joy !! Of course we are…look at the speedometer.” “Hey captain, what does KM/Hr on the speedometer mean ?...never saw that before” “Well, it means kilometers per hour….”WHAT THE %&#$ !!!!!!!” “The speed is reading in kilometers per hour, NOT KNOTS…a km/hr is about half of a knot” Someone must of leaned against the instruments and changed the setting. DAMN….no speed record, no early arrival, no hero stories about the planning the tides and currents perfectly, and NO bragging to “Kinvara”.
We arrived in Beaufort, SC at 3PM (with Kinvara who had gone about 25 miles further than we did) on Saturday to a very attractive town. We are anchored just off the City Docks looking at the waterfront shops, bars and restaurants. Yesterday was a maintenance/cleanup day…..laundry, clean up the boat and some sewing got done. We are heading to breakfast ashore at a waterfront coffee shop this morning and plan on site seeing and shopping this afternoon.
And, yes , I have to pull out the manual for the speed instrument and find out how to reset it back to knots!
THE CREW
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