DAY NINETEEN -- MURRELLS INLET TO NORTH MYRTLE BEACH

                     DAY NINETEEN -- MURRELLS INLET TO NORTH MYRTLE BEACH

            We didn't get underway until noon because we spent the morning with our friends. We decided to head for the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club because it was well-protected and a reasonable distance. It was only a 37-mile run, but it took us four hours because there were many stretches where we had to slow down for wake control. After the intracoastal veers off from the Waccamaw River near Socastee SC, it is a dug channel (just a big wide ditch) almost all of the way to Southport NC. The first 7 or 8 miles we were still running in the Waccamaw River, and it was gorgeous -- just a big cypress forest with no development.


            We hit civilization again at the Socastee swing bridge:


and from Socastee on up to North Myrtle Beach there were houses or condos most of the way, at least on one side if not both. The Myrtle Beach area was heavily developed. There was a constant stream of jet skis zipping around. And we saw a booze cruise pirate ship!


            Not one of the more scenic days on our trip, but still interesting. And there was a second swing bridge just before we got to our destination. It is the old US 17 highway bridge. The new bridge can be seen behind it, built to the standard 65-foot clearance.


            The Myrtle Beach Yacht Club happily accepted transient boaters -- and let us use their private restaurant. It wasn't anything fancy, but was decent, and had generous pours for low prices. This view from the outdoor deck where we ate shows the protected harbor containing the yacht club, plus two other marinas. The intracoastal is just beyond the lighthouse and Craunological II is hidden by the cruiser with the maroon Bimini top. If you look closely, you can see the green and yellow burgee on her bow rail. 


            That burgee, by the way, is for the MacMahan Island Yacht Club. MacMahan is the island in Maine where we have rented a cottage every summer for over ten years. I bought the burgee a few years ago as a fun souvenir, and now it is proudly displayed on the bow to remind us of our destination. Unfortunately, no one has asked us about it. 

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  1. DamonJune 14, 2022 at 5:03 PM

    I'd have asked (I swear!), but I knew it was the MacMahan burger.

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    1. AnonymousJune 14, 2022 at 5:05 PM

      Seriously autocorrect??? Burger? It has no idea what burgee is. It just changes it to burger!

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