Beaufort to Savannah

 

Passing Hilton Head

Crossing the Savannah river
Container ship coming upriver

welcome to Thunderbolt Ga

About 4 hours and 47 miles, 33 gallons of diesel burned.  Filled with high speed pumps - 20 gallons / minute.  we got about 80 gallons per side - 4 minutes of pumping per side.  You can make a mess in a hurry.  Cool day today started out misty and overcast.  Mist gave way early but stayed cold. If the voyage had lasted any longer we would have fired up the generator.

Marina part of operation along ICW

Steel hull, full keel boat built 1930

Big boats at night

sinking the dock to refloat the boat
they used five boats to her to a dock

Big  current and tide change here - about 9 - 10 feet.  Savannah is a very large port, we crossed the Savannah river well before a container ship.  The river is narrow where the ICW crosses and you have to be alert for traffic.

Before the floating dock/dry
 dock was lowered
that is a 100 meter boat
Painting, indoor facility behind

Fascinating yard - more of a large vessel repair and refit facility than a marina.  Equipped to dry dock and handle 100+ meter vessels.  Huge indoor facility adjacent to dry dock to move vessels inside for work/painting.  

Headed out to sea with an escort