Daily Archives: July 11, 2017

July 11 – Day 11 – Georgetown to Myrtle Beach

33°48′6″ N 78°44′49″ W

We left Georgetown at 7:00am this morning & arrived in North Myrtle Beach at 2:00pm. We made much better time than we expected.

We spent the past 2 nights in Georgetown. We had originally planned on spending only one night there but thunderstorms were forecast for yesterday so we decided stay put & wait for better weather.

We took on a few improvement projects. Chris installed a new backsplash in the galley.

I hooked up a new monitor cable to the upper helm station so I no longer have to takes the laptop computer up there & expose it to the weather. It can now remain inside the main cabin where it is always safe & dry.

This morning started as usual with Chris in charge of the coffee while I tended to the engine. I strap a little spotlight to my head and take a deep dive. It’s not too bad when the engine is cold but very dicey when the engine has been running all day & is still extremely hot.

No need for me to take hot yoga classes while on board because I have to fold up in order to get at the engine & transmission dipsticks.

This morning was beautiful & the sun was shining brightly as we left the dock in Georgetown.

After traveling about 30 minutes we entered the river that ultimately leaded to Myrtle Beach. Some of the scenery was very different from what we have been looking at south of Georgetown. Trees are growing out of the water & there is very little exposed shoreline.

After the river section we entered a canal that took us the rest of the way to Myrtle Beach.

Many bridges cross over the canal but the clearance is 65 feet so we don’t have anything to worry about. The top of our “mast” is just 25 feet above the water.

However, as we neared Myrtle Beach we did encounter on bridge with less than 20 feet clearance but the bridge opens upon request.

I will see several more of these before the trip is done.

This morning I shot a brief video of our river trip. I will try to post it on the blog site. The video was taken around the following location: 33°39′29″ N 79°4′59″ W

If you copy & paste those coordinates into Google Maps you will see the spot where we were.

We have decided to stay in Myrtle Beach for several days. Chris will be flying home from here on Sunday & another friend of mine from New Brunswick will be coming in the same day to continue the journey with me. So we will be land tourists for a few days & who knows, we may even play a round of golf. There are over 120 golf courses in this area

Cheers everyone!