Roger Lee & Martha Burke, Fram 37VT71
Excerpted from Blog: http://www.framcruisinglog.blogspot.com
We got underway at 9 am, after spending the morning greasing and lubricating the infamous pillow block bearing, which made some scary noises as we pulled into the dock at Isle of Palms Marina on Tuesday evening. A metal scraping metal sound could be heard every so often. The grease did the trick, and we got underway.
Georgetown is about 48 miles from Isles of Palms, and it took us 8-1/2 hours. We ran at 1600 rpm, but were slowed by tidal currents more than usual. We danced around low spots along the way, and even had to plow mud briefly just south of marker G37, one of the worst shoaled areas along the Southern Carolina stretch of the ICW.
Georgetown, itself, is nice. It has a new boardwalk -- actually a pier that extends over the water along a path that runs parallel to shore. Its central commercial area has several clothing stores, and even a sidewalk poster reminding passerbys that "Friends don't let friends shop in department stores."
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