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We arrived at the Charleston Maritime Center mid afternoon, with strong winds and current, which made for an exciting docking!  The center is minutes from downtown and on the edge of the major shipping channel so subject to some big wakes, but also a great spot to watch the passing ships.  Harmony shared the dock with a huge graceful old schooner, the Spirit of South Carolina, and a water taxi and tour boats, so there was always something going on.  We walked all over Charleston, a lovely city on a peninsula with beautiful residential areas and historic buildings.  First stop was a restaurant for some She-Crab Soup, a local delicacy that we had sampled on our last trip here a few years ago, when we drove down to meet Brian and his ship R/V Knorr.