Last night I anchored just upstream of Bucksport, SC, on the beautiful Waccamaw River, in the rain. This morning everything was crispy with ice, and white mist rising from the warmer water. I had to wait for the sun to burn off the mist before I could get going. The trip downriver was beautiful, as usual, and I had the added benifit of the current going where I wanted to go.
I got to Georgetown about noon, and went down the Winyah Bay, and out into the ocean. The forecast was for SW to W wind at 10-15knots. Instead the wind was almost southeast. I started out sailing at 110 degrees; at least it was south of due east. As the day went on the wind started to veer (change in a clockwise direction). I sailed at 120 degrees, then 130...now, at 19:00 I am sailing at 190 degrees, and the veer is forecasted to continue. I look forward to an uneventful night with favorable wind.
Bill
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