Quick update from a lot of nothing happening

Long, but gorgeous windless day yesterday and the tracker will show us anchored in a little bay on James Island which is privately owned. An 8 hour row to get here and we are waiting out the tide and intend to leave on the flood at about 1300. Proper consultationsA regular engagement with alcohol. One might say this whole epic is a Consultation with a bit of a sail round it. See also Conservation Mode; Linear and Parallel Methods of Consultation took place at the appropriate hour in perfect conditions. Glassy calm water, seals, water birds and, on the way up, big mats of knobbly bobbly kelpTypes of brown algae, which hold on to the rocky sea bottom with root-like structures. Floats in huge mats close to land and potentially capable of fouling a propeller or a rudder. More here (Wikipedia) about as thick as my arm with globular ends as big as a baseball. Exquisite sunset yesterday and the sun now just rising over the trees to the east. We were with Buckeye and Reliance for most of the day. They went off NE as we were looking for somewhere to anchor. So we’re on the way, but a very small step.