We took a day off yesterday. We stayed a second day in the state park marina at Carolina Beach. It was our 35th wedding anniversary, we were tired. It was the right thing to do.
This decision also meant we did not have to leave this marina before sunrise on Sunday because of the tide. Departing Monday meant we could leave at 7:35am instead of an hour earlier. Stats to follow in a separate post.
Our intended destination was the free wall known as “Barefoot Landing” in Myrtle Beach SC, a longer day than our norm. 57 statute miles. But we were well rested and got an early start.
So, off we were early this morning. It was a great cruising day by all measures. Wind, temps, sea state, current helping us out… it was a great trip.
We arrived at Barefoot Landing before a 3:00pm business call I had.
However, we found a LOT of newly posted signs at Barefoot Landing saying that only Day Docking was allowed. (No evening docking or overnighting).
We have stayed here a couple times before and taken advantage of the adjacent restaurants, with no problem. https://shellerina.com/2023/07/09/barefoot-landing-free-dock-n-myrtle-beach/
SO: our Plan A had to be abandoned.
Plan B became a 2-hour continuation to Osprey Marina, mm 373.
The end result was a total mileage for the day of 76.65 GPS measured miles, surpassing our previous record of 72.4 in April 2022 when we were still Looping across the Albermarle Sound.
Fortunately, the welcoming committee was waiting for us at Slip C16 at Osprey Marina.
