FootballFan
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Bit the bullet, just going to go inside on the ICW till the weather breaks - maybe Monday.
Rain is miserable, but not that worried about it. Just the leaving and tying up. Rest of the day is dry and warm at the helm.
Coming down Cooper River, past the big bridge where the channels gets narrow and all the Cargo Ships transit.
In 3 minutes, fog forms around us. The picture is initially, about the time we had a choice to pull into a nearby fuel dock. Kept going, then it got much worse than the picture. (sorry didn't really take the time to take any pictures at that point, was kind of busy).
As the fog closed in around us, my number one thought was the commercial traffic - and it was still running.
AIS was huge - and I was really GLAD I was broadcasting AIS. Kept watch closely, sounded the horn. Felt much better with both AIS and Radar.
Stayed relatively slow - wound our way down the Cooper river, crossed through 2 commercial vehicles on the Cooper River route, felt our way over the Ashley river route.
Went up to the Megadock and tied up. Enough for the day.
From the megadock you can see the ICW channel taking off from the Ashley river. Fog hung over the ICW all afternoon.
Will try again tomorrow...