Heading to South Carolina: the evil spell is broken

Our positive karma has returned! Claude's new part performed flawlessly this morning. We did NOT run aground anywhere despite a challenging day full of ocean inlets and color reversals. Lots of occasions to get confused on the green and the red, as they reversed twice during the course of our travels today. We made it to the St. James marina, a great deal at $1.05/foot for BoatUs members, and were so happy to be able to borrow bikes and play tennis. This marina is situated in a very large gated community filled with lovely, expensive homes, golf courses, and three clubhouse/workout facilities, each one with tennis courts. The courts were clay, a new experience, and very fun. We intend to head to Barefoot Landing in the Myrtle Beach area tomorrow, and then press on at about 30 to 40 miles/day to make it to Charleston by Friday. Each day presents unique navigational challenges, but we are very happy that our energies seem to have turned to the positive, and our progress begins again.