As usual we left the marina early. We had to contend with some shallow water 
just North of the marina but since the tide was only 1/2 way down we had no 
problems. We entered South Carolina early and spent the day meandering 
North. We did 57 miles today and stopped at 5:00PM. We fully intended to 
travel late and anchor just off of the ICW but as with most plans it really 
turned out to be a bad idea. With a questionable forecast  we didn't expect 
much but it turned out to be a very nice morning. As the day went by the 
winds picked up till we had 15 to 20 kts with gusts to 25, not bad. In fact, 
we put up some sail when we could to give us a bit of a boost; after all 
Boundless is a sail boat! Yesterday and today we negotiated 3 bridges each 
day. Yesterday it was one fixed, 65 feet, and to draw bridges. Today it was 
two fixed, 65 feet, and one draw bridge. We have had 1 to 2 feet of 
clearance on each of the fixed bridges....I do like the bridges in Georgia 
and South Carolina much better than those in Florida!

The weather report from last night suggested a possibility of rain late 
today. Rain is OK so we set our plans to make our last day into Charleston, 
where we were to meet my brother Ken, easy! As we were approaching St. 
Helena Sound we heard a weather report that changed our minds. There was a 
severe thunder storm watch for our area from 5 till 7:00pm. High winds, 40 
to 50 mph, along with heavy rain etc. was predicted. A bit of a change from 
the night before. We looked back and saw black clouds on the horizon. I 
decided to find a marina for another safe and easy night. We found the 
closest marina and made arrangements for a nights stay. We were racing the 
clouds down the sound! We turned off of the sound and knew it was going to 
be close. We almost made the marina before the front hit. We were 10 minutes 
away from the marina when the wind went to almost 40 kts. We saw a water 
spout trying to pull the water out of the sea just in front of us on the 
other side of the marina as we approached. The spot they picked for us 
called for a down wind approach, WITH THE TIDE! They were waiting for us at 
the dock. I decided to wait for the passage of the front and approach the 
dock in a little less wind. We waited about 45 minutes motoring back and 
forth in front of the marina before the winds dropped to below 20 kts with 
some higher gusts. We started our approach for the space suggested. I did a 
fast 180 in the very constrained space and managed to put boundless in a 
good spot for the night. To our surprise we found the marina to be very 
nice! It was also the least expensive we have found so far on the ICW.

We were just settling down for the night when we heard a knock. My brother 
Ken had driven his Boston Whaler about 50 miles to join us for the trip to 
Charleston. He also had the bad weather and wind but he was much more 
vulnerable than we were. He really didn't know where the marina was so he 
just pulled up to a private dock and asked for permission to leave his boat 
for the night and if they would please call a cab for him. The owners of the 
home were very nice and very helpful. Not only did they allow him to use 
there dock but they drove him to the marina where we were staying and 
offered to drive him back in the morning to get his boat. Now that is 
southern hospitality.

Now Boundless has the three Schwenker boys as crew.....this should be 
interesting!