Saturday, 25 October 2014

Georgetown

When we left our snug harbour early this morning, there was a layer of mist on the water that soon cleared off. The water was at low tide allowing us to see some logs which were now visible but of which we were ignorant to when we come in yesterday. There were also three boats that had arrived after us and we had to slowly skirt around them leaving as they were in the entrance. It was an uneventful four hour motor to Georgetown except for dodging clumps of vegetation in the water. The Waccamaw river seems quite high in this area and pieces of wood, grass etc were floating down the river.
Georgetown has quite a history behind it, they were known for producing indigo (jean dye etc) as well as having miles of rice fields. After the civil war thing were less prosperous and they turned to wood (a large mill is still here) as well as having a large shrimp fishing fleet in the harbour.
We walked around town this afternoon, found an internet café and relaxed. We are going to church tomorrow and will leave afterward to make the next day to Charleston a shorter run.




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