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Myrtle Beach to Hilton Head

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No, not in one day.  We arrived back at Myrtle Beach November 23rd, and son Tristan met us at the airport as he is working in Augusta again, and could spend a long weekend with us. The boat looked quite good considering it had been sitting for 2 months, but the past month had been wet and "self-washing".  The weather for most of the week was sunny and dry, but cool mornings (~5C) and warm afternoons.   Good thing Tristan was there for the weekend, as one of the boat re-commissioning jobs was to reinstall the bridge canvas, and having a second set of hands on the end of long arms was very helpful.  The canvas had come down at the end of September as the boat would be left exposed for the last two months of hurricane season.  Canvas comes down a lot easier than it goes back up as it fits very tightly. Also had the opportunity to clean and polish the outside of the clear vinyl before installation which is largely impossible to reach when the canvas is all up. We enjoyed s