Savannah Bend Marina - at a dock

A lone heron is still looking for dinner with Saturn in the sky above his head

We were placed on the inside of the facedocks at Beaufort city docks. That can be a challenge due to the swirling currents and fast currents. We carefully prepared our exit and Ann backed out against the incoming current without a problem. The one thing you have to be careful of it to grip the wheel firmly., If it slips out of your hands, then disaster can strike with the wheel hard over. 

We're on the fuel dock for the night, very convenient to come into

The rains cleared around 10:00 and the rest of the day was fine with little winds. We had no problems with the shallows of Watts Cut and Ashepoo- Coosaw Cutoff since we went through with 5 to 6 feet of tide. Still, reduced to MLLW, it was around 4 to 5 feet MLLW at both areas. 

We called many of the marinas in Savannah but they were all full! I then tried the Savannah YC but in addition to a $4/foot fee, they wanted a letter of recommendation from my yacht club stating I was a member in good standing before they would consider allowing me to dock. It seems like they were rather full of themselves and certainly not very welcoming. 

We are on a mission to reach Jekyll by Wednesday night so we can ride out the coming front on Thursday with predicted 20 to 30 kts winds and a 100% chance of rain. Friday is predicted to be better so we'll continue on to Fernandina and dinner at Pepper's!