My boat is sorta visible right behind the Colleen in first photo. Mine is not museum quality, and it was showing it!! Run hard and put up wet. But it was fun to go. The 1943 Core Sounder "Karen", post 6 last photo, is owned by friends of mine. It was directly in front of "Colleen".
It was a good show. Rowing contest turned into a battle with collisions!!
The burned out buildings have left a gap in the waterfront. Considering permits, architecture, etc, it will take a while to build something that fits there. Not a simple process adding new structure to old, meeting code AND fitting in with old stuff. Can't build it now like they did it then.
Ended up going both ways in the ditch. Fri had the swell from the Bermuda storm, and some decent wind chop on top. Sun blowing pretty hard out of the north. Also the ditch run is 109nm, offshore is 125nm. Winyah Bay and Frying Pan take me a good bit off the straight line. Not that the ditch is that straight, either, but more so than offshore. Last offshore trip took 7hrs, ditch about 9 and half.