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We finally made it out of Brunswick and headed down the ICW.  We had to leave a little bit later than we liked so that we would hit Jekyll Creek around high tide.  The conditions were much better than the day before and we made fairly decent time.  Jekyll Creek did prove to be a little challenging.  We had only …

Here is a link to our movie page for our videos of the trip so far: http://www.youtube.com/user/dansockwell.  We will keep uploading files here but I will make sure to create a new post to let you know when they are uploaded.  We have quite a few but I only posted a few to start with.  We are a little distracted …

Here is the link to the Brunswick Slideshow: www.sailawaywebdesign.com/brunswick.html.

The passage out of Charleston Harbor was pretty choppy.  There was a fairly steady wind and we had a bit of a time getting the main sail up.  Things settled down a bit after we left the channel.  First order of business was to decide our watch schedule.  We have used a variety of random decision helpers throughout the trip …

Here is the link for the Georgetown to Charleston slideshow: www.sailawaywebdesign.com/charleston.html.  Hope you enjoy!

It is the morning of December 9th (Thursday) and we are preparing to take the boat offshore again.  The engine mechanic came on Monday and the engine checked out OK.  He tightened a few belts but overall it looked fine.  That was certainly a relief and worth the cost of a tuneup.  Chris the sailmaker returned our sail with a …

Georgetown slideshow:  www.sailawaywebdesign.com/georgetown.html.

So we headed out around 2 pm on Thursday.  Ryan’s Dad, my parents, Frank, Polly and Joe Murphy were there to see us off.  Julia took us out of the channel into the Intercoastal Waterway.  We were doing pretty well for the first 4 or 5 minutes but managed to run aground right outside of the first marker!  It was …

We are still working on getting the SPOT GPS Tracker to work.  I’ll check out the manual today and hopefully we will be able to get it working before we head offshore again.  -Daniel

A few pictures to capture the moment…