Steamboat Landing Anchorage - at anchor

 

The famous octagon gazebo is still there! It's been a landmark forever.

We have two choices we like from Charleston: one is Steamboat Landing and the other is B & B Seafood. We called the second place since we love their fresh shrimp but they would not accept us until 5:00 or later. We would have arrived around 2:30 and we couldn't see waiting around until 5:00.

A big reason for stopping is the convenient public landing!

With that, we chose the Steamboat Landing anchorage which is one of our favorites anyway. It has a nice public dock which makes it easy to take Hoolie in and the depths where we anchor are in the 10 feet MLLW range. However, this time of the year, it's ferocious for nats but the visit with Hoolie was brief. On the boat, there are a few nats in the cockpit but we have nat proof screens so we're comfortable down in the main cabin. 

On Sunday we are headed through Watts Cut and Ashepo-Coosaw Cutoff. Both are in the 4 MLLW range so it ought to be interesting although we will have 3 to 4 foot of tide when we go through. We plan on taking a dock at Beaufort, SC and visit with friends during the day. It's off to Windmill Harbour the next day.