Windmill Harbour - layover day due to wind

It's a beautiful area!

There was supposed to be thunderstorms all day but we didn't even get rain. However, we did get the high winds so it's just as good that we stayed around inside. The weather is predicted to be perfect for the next week so we are staged well to make it north in good stead.

Ted was our host last time, so I thought I would include a photo of his house. He's in the Bahamas. 

There were a lot of things I wanted to get done today but the only thing I accomplished was the one chore lowest on my list - washing the boat. It's like mowing the lawn, no matter how many times you do it, you have to repeat it ad infinitum.

They have a classic boat show by the clubhouse

You have to watch the tides when you come in and out of Windmill Harbour. There is only 4.2 MLLW at the entrance. There's plenty in the marina but on the approach, it gets shallow. We will be leaving on a falling tide Saturday morning but not a drain tide (less than 0.0 MLLW) so we should be okay. Still, it's never fun to only have a couple of inches between your keel and mother earth.

They are very patient, waiting for fish

The high winds of today are due to subside by Saturday for our trip to B&B Seafood. Hopefully, they will have shrimp. The last time, the guy behind the counter had his own homemade boiled peanuts. They are nothing like the mush that passes for boiled peanuts at roadside stands. We will go through many of the traditional shallows at low tide but they've all been dredged so it should not be a problem. After B&B, it's Charleston!