So cool to go through Cape Fear. The first thing I thought of was the two movies. I'm not sure about anyone else but I think Robert Mitchum might have been scarier than Robert DiNiro (which is crazy because DiNiro was really scarey.). We got unde way by 7 am and was pleasantly surprised that the current was with us in the River. We were going over eight knots the whole way. One time we even saw 9.3 knots on our chart plotter. Little did we know their was a few other scarey parts... The next leg of the run was at low tide so all the boaters were talking in the marine radio about how much water was underneath them. We heard 5 feet and was a little more than worried as we draw five and a half with our keel. So we all slowed down( we are traveling with Lisa and Benny on Rhiannon 4.8 draft and the boat Night Cap 5.8 foot draft) so that the tide could come up a bit. We had Rhinnon in the lead so they could let us know what was a head. Well it worked pretty well until a huge barge came in the narrow Chanel and put Rhiannon on ground and met us around a bend and put us aground. Thank goodness we both were able to push through the mud, I can tell you it was a pretty tense moment on our boat. Now this was all before lunch. Late afternoon as we are approaching our destination, Benny from Rhiannon tells us to stay close we are going through an area called "the rock pile". Jon thought that was a scarey name, but as we went through that stretch you could see submerged rocks and concrete Ugh, this will keep you on your toes. When we finiall arrived at Barefoot Marinia in Myrtle Beach, Jon commented to Benny that this must be the worst stretch of the ICW. Benny said , "No this is the warm up for Georgia!" OK! I guess we are duley warmed up. Anyway, this is a beautiful place and it has warmed up a little. We'll spend Sunday cleaning up the boat, getting supplies and walking around the town.
Old chart of Cape Fear.
Cape Fear River
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