Yachts For Sale In Beaufort

Voted and rated by numerous media as one of the South’s Best Small Towns for its historical interest and natural beauty, Beaufort has so much to offer visitors to this amazing city in the Sea Islands of South Carolina. Although both Spanish and French attempted to establish colonies in the 1500s – mid 1600s, it was the English that successfully settled on St Helena Island and Port Royal Island in the late 1600s and founded Beaufort in 1711. The lowcountry plantation economy that brought success and wealth to Beaufort and the Sea Islands, was based on rice and cotton, a variety that only grew on the islands and was known as Sea Isle Cotton, with extra-long silky fibers. Today, Beaufort offers a bevy of boating opportunities along the South Carolina coast.

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Beaufort’s rich history includes the Civil War and Reconstruction Period of 1861-1893, that birthed the Gullah culture as freed slaves transitioned their lives into a free America. Beaufort County was the first place in the south where descendants of former slaves who remained in the area, were able to claim land from abandoned plantations and open businesses. Over the years, they developed into private communities along the Sea Islands, maintaining their unique heritage and culture, expressed in storytelling, cuisine, crafts, music and other traditions derived from west and central African ethnic origins. Learn more of the Gullah/Geechee history at the 50-acre Penn Center on St Helena Island, one of four sites of the Reconstruction Era National Monument, a National Park. The Penn Center was originally Penn School, founded in 1862 as one of the first schools for former slaves. The Gullah Grub Restaurant features authentic, organically grown, seasonal farm-to-table fare. The restaurant’s owners grow their own rice, that had been the first crop to bring wealth to the South Carolina lowcountry area.

25% of the US east coast marshland waters are in Beaufort County! Which make the Beaufort Sea Islands a great fishing area for gamefish such as cobia, redfish, jacks, ladyfish, Spanish mackerel, trout and other species. Some of the local guides who know the waters and best spots are Bay Street Outfitters, Capt. Eddie’s Fishing Charter, Mattson Charter Service, Seas So Shallow and Tyde Ryder.

Hunting Island, a 5000-acre State Park, attracts over 1-million visitors every year and was named one of America’s Top 10 Beaches by TripAdvisor. Visitors enjoy miles of pristine, uncrowded white sand beaches. The Park features miles of hiking trails through maritime forests of oaks, cypress and tupelo trees, a fishing pier at Fripp Inlet, a Nature Center, campground with beach access (must reserve!) and the 136-ft Hunting Island Lighthouse for great panoramic views of the area. Parris Island is the site of the US Marine Corps Recruiting Station and the Parris Island Museum. The Museum informs visitors of Port Royal’s historic role as a strategic military site from the American Revolution to the Civil War. It became a Marine Corps installation after the Spanish-American War to present day. Parris Island was the site of French and Spanish attempts to colonize and is commemorated with the Charlesfort Santa Elena National Historic Landmark.

Downtown Beaufort is known for its many award-winning restaurants and world-renowned chefs, and range in ambience from the lively waterfront scene to quiet romantic charm, casual to formal, but all with famed southern hospitality. Visitors can enjoy wining and dining on the best freshest local seafood in an area known for oysters, shrimp, blue crab and other bounty from the local waters. Local restaurants compete for the Silver Cup Award at Beaufort’s Shrimp Festival held at the beautiful Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park located downtown on the Beaufort River. Visitors can vote for their favorite shrimp dish as well, to award the People’s Choice Award. Even the kids get involved. Who doesn’t love shrimp? The area’s largest event is the Beaufort Water Fest held annually in July. It attracts locals and visitors from all over to enjoy concerts, local restaurant food sampling, a talent show, arts & crafts, competitions and fireworks—something for all ages!

Visitors arriving by boat can stay at the Safe Harbor Beaufort Marina, a membership-marina that is convenient to downtown Beaufort with its beautiful oak-lined streets and vintage homes, restaurants, galleries, and shops. The marina also offers deep-water transient slips for vessels 8’ to 150’ and features slip-side parking, fuel dock, ship’s store, wi-fi, power, water, pump-out and is located in Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Contact dockwa.com for information and reservations. Another Safe Harbor Marina is Port Royal, with upscale amenities (pool, spa, sauna and more) and features a waterside restaurant, fuel dock, ship’s store, drive-up parking, pump-out, wi-fi, power, water.

Ladies Island Marina is known for its natural beauty and convenient location on the protected waters of Factory Creek, a deep-water side channel less than half-mile to the Beaufort River/AICW (Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway). It features floating docks with 70 wet slips and 100s feet of face dock. Water depths are 10’-12’ dockside and 7’ in channel. Slips are available for transient and long-term boaters, with daily, weekly, monthly and liveaboard rentals (dockwa.com). Some of the amenities the marina offers are a courtesy car, bicycles, pet-friendly, pump-out, power, water, facilities, boater’s lounge and more. Ladies Island Marina is just over a mile from downtown via a swing bridge.