Late departure this morning... completed the install of the new water pump on the port engine yesterday... but I did not have enough coolant to refill the cooling system... so we had to wait for the marina parts store to open... picked a couple gallons of coolant when they opened and back to the boat to finish up.

Topped the system off and started her up... I watched for any leaks... should not be any if I did everything correctly... no leaks... YAY! No just let her run to come up to temperature to be sure all was OK... we ate breakfast while the engine warmed up.

After breakfast another inspection for leaks... NO LEAKS... we were good to go with a brand new fresh water pump installed.

We go away from the dock at 1000 and headed west... destination Beaufort, SC... current on our bow... checking tide charts we had full ebb current on our nose... (YIKES) We had to transit Elliot Cut with full ebb current... current really rips through this narrow channel that exits into the Stono River.

We were running just under 6 knots all the way to Elliot Cut... we started slowing as we approached and entered the cut... 5 knots... 4 knots.... 3 knots... 2.5 knots... that was it... 2.5 knots for about 3/4 of a mile.... that's really slow when you should be doing about 7 knots for the RPM the engines are running.... reached the end and out in to the Stono River and back to 6 knots.

Today we were back and forth with speeds... 5 to 6 knots and the over 8 knots... went through all the trouble area at near low tide... Watts Cut, Fenwick Cut and Ashepoo Coosaw Cutoff... all really skinny water.

We arrived to Beaufort Marina Mooring Field and secured SAILS on a mooring ball at 1845. Our position tonight is N32°25.736', W080°40.762'. We traveled today for 8.75 hours covering 57.5 nautical miles averaging 6.6 knots.

We moved from the anchorage to the Charleston City Docks this morning at 1115. Will pick up the new water pump and install it today. Our position tonight is N32°46.509', W079°56.927'.

We departed from Heritage Plantation Marina at 0700 just before sunrise... Destination for today ??? I discovered a leak in the port engine fresh water pump a few days ago... shaft seal leaking... been topping the water off each morning... While we were at Osprey I was able to get a new pump ordered from a Charleston Yanmar dealer... the dealer is located on the Wando River... 14 nautical miles up river from the ICW... so the destination we had planned as we left this morning was get as close as we could to the dealer and anchor... continue to their location in the morning pickup the new water pump and repair the engine while at their dock.

Well as plans go it all fell apart and the water pump ended up getting shipped to the Charleston City Marina rather than the dealers location on the Wando River... long story short... we can pick our part up at the Charleston City Marina but to pick it up we have to get dockage there... $$$$$$ cost more than we like to pay for dockage but what can you do... we need the part. So, we made a reservation for Wednesday and will repair the engine there.

We did have a good day for favorable current pushing us 7 to 8 knots all day... well except McClellanville area which we hit a low tide and due to the shallow depth 5 to 6 ft deep... we ran at just above idle speed for several miles...

We arrived to Charleston and anchored off the Charleston City Docks at 1615. Our position tonight is N32°46.540', W079°57.181'. We traveled today for 9.25 hours covering 64.5 nautical miles averaging 7.0 knots.