"2002, March 25 - from Beaufort to Johns Island" Johns Island Travelogue by grandmaR

3/25 we went to Ross Marine 59 sm- saw the Limehouse Bridge had been repaired. Bob had a chance to use his new splitter. Limehouse bridge told me that they open on the hour and half hour (between
9 and 4). The sign still says every 20 minutes. Wappoo Creek told me they
were on demand. This was March 27th, 2002. I could not see a sign
stating the Wapoo Creek hours.

Ross Marine is very laid back - they don't seem to pay much attention to
transients. They are supposed to monitor 16 and 79, but I had to call them
on the phone. They were going to put us on the fuel dock, which would have
been a non-starter because although the office told them that we were 44
ft, they didn't hear that. When we were there on the way down the docks
were almost empty - this time they were almost full. 75 cents/ft, and you
can have electric and water included if you have a cord long enough to get
to the hookup point. The sales/service office will let you hook up your
computer to the internet during office hours (7-4:30).

When we were going into Elliot Cut (at high tide), we saw the red/green and
then east of it there was a Red 18 in the Stono RIver. It was not an ICW
mark, and was not on the charts. I think it should have been kept on our
right, and Bob thought on the left. I think we'd have been aground if not
high tide where he went through on the left.