11/5/14
Minim Creek, SC
Position: 33 11.502N, 79 16.367W
Posted by Bill

We left Barefoot Landing in Myrtle Beach on a flood tide. We traveled the Waccamaw River into Winyah Bay and then down to Minim Creek where we anchored for the night. Most of the trip was really remote, surrounded by nature sanctuary and preserves. The river was tree-lined with Spanish moss. We caught the flood tide until it went slack and fortunately the tide began the pull from Winyah Bay at that point in the river and we rode the ebb all the way to Georgetown. We had a positive tidal current the whole day!

We hit the ICW entrance in Winyah bay at low tide just as the current started to turn, and as we approached the ICW we saw Paperbird, the people we met in Deale MD and anchored with in Mill Creek. Their boat draft is 1 inch less than ours and we followed them into the ICW entrance. This entrance is a well known trouble spot that is shoaled over pretty bad. Our notes said to stay left in the channel and after about 50 yards the water gets deeper. Paperbird made it through but we dragged the keel through the bottom, which fortunately was sand/mud, so we made it! From there we had plenty of water to our anchorage, which was very secluded and peaceful. We took the dinghy over to formally meet Greg and Lynn on Paperbird and exchanged passage planning notes and information. They were really nice folks and I am sure we will meet up with them again.

The Waccamaw River:

We saw lots of turtles like this sunning on logs…I like turtles!

Another section of expensive homes along the waterway. I just don’t understand how this many people can afford places like this.


Minim Creek:

As the sun set the bugs came out and swarmed us so we went below and had another delicious dinner by Trish!

Alternator update: Worked flawlessly today.