Pawleys Island SC to Southport NC

All in a long days ride - 11 hours of moving north.  By noon it looked like a little shower, by 3pm we started looking for a place to anchor out but no luck, the places marked "anchorage" should now be marked "massive sandbar".  So we continued onward.  The rain started at 5, and the deluge started at 6.
We know where all the leaks are now - the canvas over the helm station for example.
By 7:30 we were tied up at a nice marina and made supper- its raining too hard to walk to a restaurant.  Wet clothes are hanging everywhere, hope they will dry by morning.
The gear marked "rainproof" was a good investment.  Now we need a see thru rain cover for all the instruments on the helm.

A story from Charleston - we had lunch at the Crab place next to the street market.  I went to see some french tablecloths hanging there and bought one which you can see when you come for dinner.  The shopkeeper was a lovely frenchwoman and we visited for awhile, and while we were talking she just turned around and put a pretty table runner in my bag.  How nice is that!  It is the perfect size for a boat tablecloth.

Tonite we are near Southport North Carolina. Its just a little way south of Cape Fear.  Tomorrow we will see why it is named that.  We hope to make a short day tomorrow and fit in some goofing off and fixing up.