981 <div class="maincontent"><p>We arrived at the Charleston Maritime Center mid afternoon, with strong winds and current, which made for an exciting docking! &nbsp;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. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;We walked all over Charleston, a lovely city on a peninsula with beautiful residential areas and historic buildings. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;</p></div> We arrived at the Charleston Maritime Center mid afternoon, with strong winds and current, which made for an exciting docking! &nbsp;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. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;We walked all over Charleston, a lovely city on a peninsula with beautiful residential areas and historic buildings. &nbsp;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. &nbsp; 1 0 2008-04-26T05:06:00+02:00 5421 true en 32.7884 Charleston SC -79.9249 2008-04-29T13:05:20+02:00 /blogs/981-harmony-maiden-voyage/posts/5421-day_63_to_65 6

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