We left the anchorage in South Santee river at first light -- 7:15am We headed to McClellenvile about 10 miles further. We arrived at 9AM and started our passage through the worst shoaling water on the ICW. We were just 1.5 hours past high tide and found for the most part water at 9' or better however just before R38 I hit a patch of 6.2' That was deep enough but still you clinch up. You need to know that along this stretch of the ICW the tide is nearly 6' thus at low tide you would see around 4' through here and I draw 5.2'!
We had to pass several other areas that had shoaling but made it through uneventful.
We decided to anchor in Deweese Creek in Jim Thompson's favorite spot and made that with out too much difficulty seeing how at that time we were just about low tide for this area.
We need to wait till tomorrow morning high tide to traverse another horribly shoaled area just before you enter Charleston harbor.
We tried to make reservations in Charleston for the weekend but they are full already. We will just stop for fuel and water and then move on to Beaufort, SC. We have reservation for the Lady Island marina for a few days. We have been travelling everyday since Sunday and are ready for some provisioning and laundry and REST.
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