Awendaw - at anchor

 

There’s always a nice sunset at the Awendaw anchorage

We came through McClellanville today and saw more water than anticipated on the Bob423 track. The lowest we saw was 6.7 MLLW at one spot, deeper elsewhere. I can’t vouch for off the Bob423 track but on the track it was fine, no problem in the other areas.

The Awendaw anchorage is one of our favorites. It’s conveniently located at a halfway point between McClellanville and Isle of Palms which allows you to time your passage through the shallow areas no matter of the timing of tides. The anchorage has Hoolie relief at a nearby beach which is above water at all tides. It satisfies Ann’s criteria of having plenty of room so you never feel crowded. You can figure that she’s not a fan of anchoring in the Marathon anchoring field. We’ve done that and met our neighbors in the early hours several times. 

Ann took thus view through our cockpit. There were six boats here in all

We will spend a lazy morning on Friday to give us time for a rising tide at Isle of Palms. McClellanville is mud but Isle of Palms is sand. You can plow through mud to some extent but that strategy does not work for sand, we’ve tried. 

The Ben Sawyer bridge opens on demand during the week so we will not have to wait for top of the hour (on weekends, it only opens once an hour on top of the hour). We’re headed for the Charleston Maritime Center for the next two days. We’ll provision at the nearby Harris Teeter and have lunch at Hyman’s, two of our favorite places. We’re just taking our time going south.