Here i am at the mega dock in charleston city marina - i am probably the smallest boat here. i was pleading with the marina to make sure their were sufficient dock hands (single handling the boat and strong currents). g-d and his buddies were shinning again - no problem - will see what happens tomorrow - i am wegded in between two biggies and i need to get turned around - the dock hands say no problem - this is one of those ray brunell dilemas - will see how it goes. got here about 1 pm after another uneventful trip (oh someone asked to follow me - now how is that for the blind leading the blind - but he new nothing) met a lot of folks and it is great - they are starting to remember me and as you would guess i don't remember them - they usually recognize the boat name because for the most part i am passing them, calling on the radio - so far no complaints. once in charleston i got a courtesy ride to the grocery for needed provisions (soda/cream and misc) - it was a harris teeter and was great. kurt - i got your comment and since you are the man, helping dave derby would be great (LOL). got a chance to wash the boat today and it needed it. the dinghy remains a problem - unless i am at plane or idle it fills with water from my stern wake -12 mph is terrible - it does drain but i do get a lot of comments about the bathtub on the platform - so if anyone has ideas i am listening (now i just opened the barn door). according to my itinerary, i am supposed to make hilton head tomorrow - that is about a 90 mile run with probably a lot of slow areas, so tonight i will do some homework and may get up early tomorrow (well let's say about 8 ish) - the gps is absolutely fantastic - don't know how we did it with paper charts - this is actually fun - i am using the maptech book and periodically i put a sticky near the marker that i am passing - all this has worked well - now that is my techie report for today (admittedly it is my low techie report).

take care and have fun