Wednesday, Nov 2nd, City Marina, Charleston

  We followed Subtil out the creek and Kitty Hawk, another sailboat, came up behind us.  It was a little shallow at DeeWees Creek, but fine after that.  Dolphins were playing in the water and would swim beside our boat.  All of us converged at the Ben Sawyer Swing Bridge and Kitty Hawk hailed the bridgetender.  I think it’s the same bridgetender as last time with the attitude:  ‘Like I said, Captain, as soon as all of you boats north of the bridge get here, I’ll open it.’  None of us made a peep after that.

  When all of us got up to the bridge and we went through, I said, ‘Plumpuppet clear. Thanks for the opening.’  Then I hear, ‘Plumpuppet, what are the names of the 2 sailboats in front of you?’  I tell her ‘Kitty Hawk and Subtil’.  Then she asks me the name of the 2^nd boat again, so I spell ‘Subil’.  Neither boat chimed in.  Blue Planet identified themselves.

  We proceeded across Charleston Harbor and hailed City Marina.  They met us on the long, 3000+ft megadock and we both tied up on the outside, which was fine and not too bumpy for the night.

  After showers and lunch we met in town and checked out some galleries, ate at the Noisy Oyster, and stopped at a few of the numerous churches.  Jan and Bob called to say they’d arrived at the City Marina so we stopped there for a drink before going to our boats at the end of the long megadock, past all the mega yachts, many 150’ long!