Tag: Safe Harbor Beaufort

Beaufort South

We started the day with a Mexican breakfast on the griddle.

warm tortillas

Then it was onto the Dawhoo River which has some depth issues.

North Creek near Dawhoo River

We would occasionally have to move over and let a tug pushing a barge past.

  • Approaching Tug/Barge
  • Dangerous Cargo
  • Gun Trader or Sun Trader

This home sadly lost it’s live oak to a bit of wind it would seem.

Such good looking trees if there is such a thing?

Soon we passed under the ladies Island Swing bridge, hailed Beaufort Downtown Marina on the VHF radio. They responded back “Safe Harbor Beaufort”. Safe Harbor is the same marina corporation that purchased my marina in RI. Heck, Safe Harbor seems to be buying dozens of east coast marinas.

Safe Harbor taking over the world of marinas

The Safe Harbor Beaufort marina has a strong tide that is not quite parallel to the face dock. This means as you pull up to the dock, the current is either pushing you onto or away from the dock. I took an approach that kept the current aligned to my keel and soon we were tied up and plugged in.

MV Simple Life on the back side of the face dock

We snapped a few quick photos of a sun low in the sky.

Sun on Safe Harbor Beaufort docks
Sun over Ladies Island Swing Bridge

The large 100+ foot yacht next to us lit up as night arrived.

Large Yacht Lit

Not to be outdone, MV Simple Life lit our lights 😉

MV Simple Life Lit

When you walk off the docks there is a beautiful waterfront park.

Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in Beaufort, SC

Walking along Bay street in front of the marina you’ll find many restaurants and shops.

  • Bay Street
  • Panini’s – Live Music
  • Southern Sweets Ice Cream Shop
Downtown Beaufort, SC

We decided to stay two nights in Beaufort so we could hit some of the local restaurants and pubs.

  • Wood Fired Pizza Guy
  • Menu Front
  • Menu Back
  • Telephone booth leads to the next room
Bull Tavern in Beaufort SC

We wanted live music and that can always be dangerous. I’ve had the mic turned off while singing karaoke and lets just say it does not get any better with IPAs.