Never Say Never

When we last visited Charleston by boat in the fall of 2017 we swore that were would never bring the boat back to Charleston. The strong current (although we did time our arrival and departure to coincide with slack tide) and inconvenience of the only marina available to us made it just not worth it. Well…here we are six and a half years later planning a return trip to Charleston. We have a weather window of two and a half days and—if we travel in the Gulf Steam—Charleston is the appropriate distance from here to fit that window. We plan to leave Lucaya early tomorrow morning and arrive at the Charleston City Marina at slack tide—5 pm—on Wednesday. Of course, if we don’t travel the speed we expect, or don’t want to travel in the Gulf Stream due to poor conditions, we have a Plan B as well as a Plan C. Below is our route. 

We have spent the past two days relaxing and preparing for the next leg of our trip home. George plotted our route to maximize the boost from the Gulf Stream and I entered it into our chartplotter. I packed up the food we will eat during the trip to minimize our time in the galley while George secured the dinghy for offshore travel. Yesterday we walked a mile each way to the Sawyer’s Fresh Market grocery store. What a treat to see such a well-stocked produce section!

We have enjoyed our time at Grand Bahama Yacht Club and would be happy to return.