November 15th- Steamboat Creek,SC

We stayed at anchor today. We woke to heavy rain which lasted much of the day.

A few years ago I bought a Portable Buddy propane heater from Tractor Supply. It’s small and runs off 1lb cylinders. We only used it once on a late season trip out to Cuttyhunk. I debated weather or not to bring it. It takes up some space and space is at a premium on Catalpa. I dug it out of the forepeak this morning. Good thing I packed that thing on this boat. I would be very unpopular had I not. It works great. In a short period of time it gets the boat reasonably warm and helps to dry the foul weather gear.

All of the boats from last night left early this morning. I believe they are all sailing in a group. We ran into one of these groups earlier in the trip (maybe this was the same one). I believe it was called Sail to the Sun. We’re also sailing to the Sun but I feel I need to pick my own path.

November 16th- Still at Steamboat

More storms rolling through the area. I read they had 2 1/2″ of rain over in Savannah this morning. Flooding in Charleston. Steamboat Creek is a balmy 45 degrees with about 99 percent humidity and an unknown quantity of rain. We are mostly just holed up in Catalpa. I run Olliver over to the dock a few times a day when I hear the rain let up. He is also frustrated with the weather situation.

We had another boat join us late in the day yesterday. They are still in harbor today. The sun is supposed to reappear tomorrow! Maybe we’ll be able to move on.

View off the back porch. The dock and our neighbors.