Travelled north another 50 miles today. It was cloudy this morning when we left, and we ran into rain storms a few times as we travelled. It was actually a beautiful travel day. We started the day going past marsh and what the chart says are abandoned rice fields, then as we continued north on the Waccamah River, we passed by miles of cypress swamp. Both sides of the river were lined with cypress trees, moss hanging from the branches. Every now and then we would pass by a flowering tree, and the scent was wonderful (I'm assuming that the rain highlighted the smells). After the heat and humidity of the past few days, everything was nice and fresh. Arrived at the marina and got tied up just in time, there was a big rain storm, much heavier rain than the showers we had earlier. Glad we weren't docking in that rain.
After we docked, did my reporting in: phone call to Customs and Border Protection, electronic reporting filed with the coast guard. Got a call back from the coast guard. Since we are under 300 tons, we do not need to file the electronic report with them. The man said that the rules are rather vague, and obviously they interpret them differently in Georgia, but we no longer need to report to the coast guard. Now we just have the one phone call to make when we arrive in port, much easier.
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| As we neared Myrtle Beach we started passing some magnificent homes |
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| Those cables over the river take golfers from one side of the river to the other in gondolas. |
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| Sunset tonight after the rain |
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| Jim from Crawdad walking their 2 dogs, Buddy and Booboo |
Went out for dinner with Gloria and Jim from Crawdad. Magnificent sunset after the rain. We plan to stay here tomorrow anyway.
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Some of the Cypress swamp we passed by
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You have to check in with Coast Guard every state?
ReplyDeleteThey told us in Savannah that we had to check in with US Customs and Border Protection (phone call) and Coast Guard (on-line report) at every stop. The Coast Guard in Charleston then phoned to say that since we are less than 300 tons, we don't need to report to them. We do still need to report to Customs and Border Protection at every stop. This is true for every foreign vessel travelling in the US, but we've spoken with several other Canadian boaters, and none of them knew about it, so seems to be a well kept secret.
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