21st January 2010 we arrive in Charleston at 10.30 in the morning. It’s raining and it’s still cold. I hope we are reaching Florida soon, we are all sick of the weather. We are fueling up again to see how much fuel we have used since we have left Wrightsville. We are all having a shower and then scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast. It’s cold and rainy so we are putting the heaters on to dry out the boat and to keep warm. The kids doing their homework and I do the washing in the meantime. We are all having a rest and a lazy day. In the early afternoon we are heading into town to have something to eat. This marina is providing a shuttle bus into town on every hour. That is very convenient. We are ending up eating at the Babba shrimp restaurant (out of the Forrest Gump movie with Tom Hanks). In the meantime the rain has stopped so this gives us a chance to explore the town by foot. We walk through some cute little streets, with a French touch, very expensive shops, lot of shops are selling antique furniture. In amongst L
ouis Vuitton, Dior etc, we are finding Starbucks, yeah! Sven’s Dad did not know that ordering a large cup means half a liter of coffee, so he ends up with half a liter of cappuccino; his facial expression was really funny. We are all having an early night, as we are all pretty exhausted from the three nights before.
22nd January 2010 we had a quiet night in Charleston. Mega Marine is a nice marine, but it is very cold her. Klaus (Sven’ Dad) has problems with his knee and it is still not much better. At 10.30 in the morning we are leaving the port of Charleston heading towards St. Augustine. The kids have been playing happily with Playmobil and I must say that I am very proud of them how they manage the journey so far. We don’t hear any complaint or winching and they move around on the boat as they have never done anything else in their life. Today we have seen a group of dolphins swimming along in our wake of the boat. The kids thought that was pretty cool, I cannot comment on this event as I was lying sick in my bed again. This time I am a bit better prepared, I have bought myself some ginger tea as well as fresh ginger roots, which seems to do the trick, I don’t feel as bad, even though I still cannot run around on the boat., the wind is coming from the north, so we are setting sails for the first time and making good way. Everything is going good and the atmosphere seems relax, the man are happy to be able to sail and that we are sailing with 10 knots along the coast down south; even the water temperature is climbing up to 16 degree C.
We are sailing through the night again and when we got up in the morning, the sky was clear; a beautiful sunrise was waiting for us. The air is cold as the wind is coming from the north, but the sun is shining, that makes us all feel a bit better. We finally arrive in St. Augustine at 10.30 in the morning of the 23rd of January 2010; St. Augustine is the northern part of Florida. So here we are hoping for good weather.
ouis Vuitton, Dior etc, we are finding Starbucks, yeah! Sven’s Dad did not know that ordering a large cup means half a liter of coffee, so he ends up with half a liter of cappuccino; his facial expression was really funny. We are all having an early night, as we are all pretty exhausted from the three nights before.22nd January 2010 we had a quiet night in Charleston. Mega Marine is a nice marine, but it is very cold her. Klaus (Sven’ Dad) has problems with his knee and it is still not much better. At 10.30 in the morning we are leaving the port of Charleston heading towards St. Augustine. The kids have been playing happily with Playmobil and I must say that I am very proud of them how they manage the journey so far. We don’t hear any complaint or winching and they move around on the boat as they have never done anything else in their life. Today we have seen a group of dolphins swimming along in our wake of the boat. The kids thought that was pretty cool, I cannot comment on this event as I was lying sick in my bed again. This time I am a bit better prepared, I have bought myself some ginger tea as well as fresh ginger roots, which seems to do the trick, I don’t feel as bad, even though I still cannot run around on the boat., the wind is coming from the north, so we are setting sails for the first time and making good way. Everything is going good and the atmosphere seems relax, the man are happy to be able to sail and that we are sailing with 10 knots along the coast down south; even the water temperature is climbing up to 16 degree C.
We are sailing through the night again and when we got up in the morning, the sky was clear; a beautiful sunrise was waiting for us. The air is cold as the wind is coming from the north, but the sun is shining, that makes us all feel a bit better. We finally arrive in St. Augustine at 10.30 in the morning of the 23rd of January 2010; St. Augustine is the northern part of Florida. So here we are hoping for good weather. 
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