We slept in this morning as we were only a couple of hours away from our destination for the day and we could not dock until after 1100. Charleston City Marina rules for check-in time.

Very glad we were not traveling far today as the small boats were out in droves... Saturday and beautiful weather.

The whole Inverter thing changed this morning as we were headed to Charleston... my orders were supposed to have all been canceled and we were going to pick up the inverter from the Charleston West Marine... well I received an email that my package (inverter) was out for delivery to the marina and would be delivered by 1200... Hmmmm.

We arrived to the marina at approximately 1100... had to wait about 20 minutes for the dock space to clear...finally, we were securely docked 1130... our position for the night N32°46.574', W079°57.036’. We traveled today for 2.5 hours covering 16.8 nautical miles averaging 6.7 knots.

The inverter did arrive to the marina at about 1230 and I was able to successfully install it with no issues... we are back up and running with 120 AC power via inverter again.

Last night we had a system failure on SAILS... our inverter bit the dust... this meant we had no 120 volt power without the generator running... refrigerator and fresh water pump being the 2 most critical systems down. We ran the generator till 2300.

I did some googling and found a new inverter at the Charleston West Marine... called them this morning after they opened and they indeed did have one in stock and put it aside for us. We were able to get a reservation at the Charleston City Marina. They have a shuttle that we can use to go to West Marine and pick up the inverter... then I will remove our old inverter and replace it with the new one... fingers crossed that this goes well... not able to get the same brand... fits in the spot same width length and depth but the wiring could be an issue.

We left the anchorage this morning at 0730... with generator running for power to refrigerator and fresh water pump.. refrigerator was still cold this morning but will not last all day.

Can't get into the Charleston City Marina until after 1100 so we stopped a couple hours south of there at Church Creek. Have been here before and it's a nice anchorage with plenty of room to swing and good holding.

We arrived at approximately 1715 and we were securely anchored at approximately 1730... our position for the night N32°42.510', W080°10.815’. We traveled today for 10 hours covering 67.7 nautical miles averaging 6.7 knots.

We left a bit later this morning at 0730... still before sunrise and we did get to see an awesome skyline as we left the anchorage...

But that was the last time we even saw a glimpse of the sun... the remainder of the day was wind and rain... 20 to 30 kt winds with heavy downpours... was not a pleasant day of cruising at all...

We decided to stop between 1700 and 1800... and we came to a good anchorage about 1730 just before Hilton head, SC... we anchored here last year and rode out some bad weather... winds 30 to 40 kts so we knew it was a good place to anchor... the winds were down a bit when we pulled in to the anchorage and not raining.... there were 3 sailboats anchored when we arrived and 2 more anchored after we did.... but still plenty of room.

We arrived at approximately 1745 and we were securely anchored at approximately 1800... our position for the night N32°09.452', W080°51.094’. We traveled today for 10.5 hours covering 73.3 nautical miles averaging 7.0 knots.