The chain plates are done,the Wafflers ave converged on Charleston for a shakedown cruise. Of course in true Waffler fashion, we picked the coldest, rainiest weekend we could. We haven't actually gotten to sail yet, bur we got out.
We got up early, but it took a while to finally get moving. We did a quick trip to ... you guessed it ... West Marine. After that is was breakfast and a provisioning trip to the local Harris Teeter. Thus being well stocked, we headed back to Bob's house for the purpose of getting the dinghy back to the Black Dog. One person needed to motor the dinghy about three miles back to the boat. The general consensus was that Bob should test his own patch job, so we sent Bob off with the dinghy and we went to load the boat.
A short while later, with the dinghy stowed on the davit and the provisions taken aboard, we set out from our slip the fuel doc for some diesel. The temperature was cold, but undaunted, we headed south down the ICW (intra-coastal waterway). Heavy winds and high seas prevented any off-shore activity, so we motored south, towards are eventual anchorage off of Edisto Island. Somewhere along the way the rain came. Dropping anchor was challenging because the windlass seems to not want to work.So we will have to raise the anchor by hand tomorrow. Fortunately, we are not in a rush.
Once we securely anchored, we holed up in the main cabin to try to get warm, no easy task. The cabin temperature started at 54 degrees, but has crept up now that we have closed everything up. Of course Bill did the cooking, and we had a nice hot dinner. It should be noted that we are joined on this trip by John Keena, Bob's long time friend and overall good guy. We are all enjoying some post dinner chat and cocktails. We can hear the wind whipping up, but we are comfortable down here. We will see what tomorrow brings...
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