Hilton Head to Beaufort NC
Our departure from Hilton Head Monday was forecasting moderate winds, but from the South so behind us, and we had a good travel day. We needed to break up the leg to Charleston and previously we had stopped at Beaufort SC ( Bew-fert), but this time we wanted to get a little further. We picked a small marina on Dataw Island, about 15 miles beyond Beaufort, which made for about a 50 mile run for the day, arriving before 2. The marina had recently reopened after a rebuild from a hurricane a few years ago. It was about 4 miles off the ICW and a bit more exposed than expected, but they had a great crew to help with lines and securing the boat in the wind that had come up. What a find it turned out to be. Dataw is a private golf community island and a beautiful residential community. Since we had a good portion of the afternoon still we got out on our bikes. It was very good to get off the boat again and get some exercise, which I forgot to mention in our last blog how much we enjoyed