Ben Okopnik wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:53:48PM -0400, [email protected] wrote: > >> Ben, >> >> Thank you for that detailed (and time consuming) response to my post about >> data archiving. It is wonderful to have someone knowledgeable available >> to fill us in on all the nuances and solid facts on the subject. >> > > You're certainly welcome, Norm. One of the reasons I enjoy lists like > this one is that there's usually someone available who knows their stuff > on any given subject, so I try to "pay back" or even "pay forward" by > sharing what I know in my areas of expertise. > > >> Are you still in Fernandia? What are your plans for "doing" the coast? >> > > Right at the moment, we're on the hook in St. Simons, GA - we have some > friends here with whom we wanted to spend a few days, plus I wanted to > weld up a minor leak in the cockpit sole. From here - well, I _just_ > closed my route planner where I was putting together a course for > Charleston with a possible detour into Savannah in case of rough > weather. > > In fact, if anyone here can speak up for Savannah or Beaufort (SC), > please do; I've been through the latter (didn't have much time), have > never visited the former, and searching the Net comes up with "eh, > not much there." I'd appreciate any words of wisdom. > You can go up the Savannah River and moor at the public dock on River Street. It's a friendly area with a park long the water, lots of pubs and restaurants. I think it's free but a busy river. There are a few nice marinas near by. Isle of Hope is one of my favorites. Anchoring in the many creeks both north and south of Savannah is fantastic. Seldom much traffic except for a crabber or two. Deep water, good holding and with a breeze no bugs to speak of.
I like Beaufort. We got stuck there for about 5 days when our injector pump developed a serious problem. We stayed a the downtown marina (I think). There is an anchorage next door with a free dingy dock that's underwater some of the time. I think the marina will let you dock up for a price. If you rent a slip they do have a courtesy car, or did when we were there. Grocs are a very long walk, a long bike or a short taxi rid away. It's a nice city to visit. We took the guided tour offered by the business right at the marina. Skip Charleston, IMHO. No decent anchoring, high priced mooring balls, even higher priced marina. Nice place to visit, but stay somewhere else and rent a car. HTH, with luck we'll be cruising through there sometime next month. Jim. > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
