Out With a Bang

At Sea
32 44.38 N 079 45.12 W

Thursday was Jim's last night on the boat. He used his knowledge of Charleston to show us a good time and to give his hosts a treat as thanks.

First, he took us to Hymann's Restaurant which was only a 10 minute walk away from the dock. Hymann's is a famous seafood restaurant and a big tourist attraction. We understood why when we got to eat our dinners. The food was grrrrrreat.

Then, after walking back to the boat conversation turned to a NYT review of the newest Star Trek Movie premiering that day. Once again, Jim's local knowledge was valuable. He took me on a short 1 minute walk up the river shore. There we came upon The Hippodrome. It turns out that Thursday was the premier day of the new Hippodrome Movie Theater showing the premier of the new Star Trek movie. It had a modified IMAX screen, great bucket seats, and the owner claims the best sound system in the country. There was a good crowd for a 21:45 showing on a weekday. However the average age of the Tarwathie crew attending was about triple the age of the audience's average age. The Captain of the good ship Tarwathie in particular had trouble holding his eyes open despite being enthralled by the movie. They say that sailor's midnight is 9PM.

The movie was excellent. All dedicated trekkies (which includes Jim and me) loved it. Even non-trekkie fans would like is as a very good modern action movie with lots of effects. At the conclusion, the audience gave it a big applause. I never saw that in a movie theater before. As we exited we saw a still bigger crowd waiting to see the midnight showing of the movie. Boy, urban life in Charleston is very very different than life on Treasure Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.

Thank you Jim. It was a pleasure having you aboard.

This morning, we are out at sea once again. We would like to head for Beaufort going around Frying Pan Shoals. However, there may be rough weather tomorrow morning so we're holding off on a decision till tonight. The alternative is to put in tomorrow morning at Cape Fear and to pass Frying Pan Shoals on the inside using the ICW.