Mar. 13 - Sight Seeing

Ashley Marina (Charleston)

Today was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine. Stan put another coat of Cetol on the teak on the flybridge and then we decided to take the rest of the day off.  We drove over to Johns Island to see the Angel Oak. The Angel Oak Tree has come to symbolize Charleston. It's a southern live oak estimated to be in excess of 1500 years old, stands 66.5 ft. tall,measures 28 ft. in circumference, and produces shade that covers 17,200 square feet. From tip to tip its longest branch distance is 187 ft.

We then drove to Folly Beach; a cute little beach town located about ten miles south of Charleston. We enjoyed walking on the beach, visiting with a few locals and wandering through the basic beach shops. The main drag is full of unique looking restaurants, pubs and shops. 

The Angel Tree

Folly Beach

A few of the unique restaurants in Folly Beach

Mar. 11 - Charleston, SC

Ashley Marina

We're still here in Charleston. Last week was pretty windy all week (30-40 MPH), but Stan was still able to strip the old Cetol off the teak on the flybridge and get it ready to be refinished. It now has four new layers of Cetol and is ready for four coats of gloss, it's looking great. Stan has also worked a little on the stern port deck.It's been soft (moisture) under the fiberglass. Stan repaired the starboard deck last spring. He drilled holes in the deck to allow the wood to dry out and has now filled them with epoxy. The next steps are to fill the holes with filler, sand and then paint.

I spent most of last week sick...sleeping, watching TV and finally visiting an urgent care center for antibiotics. It's definitely not fun being sick on the boat, but with the nasty weather we had I really didn't miss out on much. By Sunday I was feeling back to normal and finally got to be back in the land of the living. I started the day by getting sticky buns at Wildflour Pastry...so good. Then I painted the chairs we use on the flybridge and did work on some interior wood...a little sanding and varnishing. We’re beginning to see the end of our project list.

The deck before Stan drilled the holes

The deck ready to be filled with epoxy (180 holes) 

Before...in the need of a little TLC 

After a new layer of paint

The neighbors got new furniture delivered last weekend.

Mar. 4 - Charleston, SC

Ashley Marina

We have a great view of the Ashley River from the dock; we’re on the T- head with no one across from us at the moment. I can look out my galley window while I'm cooking dinner and see wonderful sunsets. We can also see the dolphins playing in the river. We've really enjoyed watching them everyday. They come close to the dock and even swim between the boats sometimes. There must be a lot of smaller fish around, because they seem to love this area. We've also seen an otter swimming across the river and coming up around the boats. He comes across the river to Charleston in the morning and returns to James Island in the evening (maybe he's going to work). I finally got a few pictures of one of the dolphins today...still working on getting one of the otter!