Any place you can sail is good sailing place. It is just a a matter of what you are sailing. I imagine one of those new Wasp's (sp) would be a blast to sail on just about a postage stamp if you could get some wind and there are no floating logs
. A Hobie or Laser is fun to sail in a lot of different settings. Heck, even years back my little San Juan 21 could be sailed just about anywhere there was some water as long as there was some wind and was fun to sail.
Its all comparative. We moved from Tennessee so I could be closer to sailing grounds for a bigger boat. As for my boat, there are a lot of limitations where you can sail and I suppose that the sailing on Port Royal Sound is more limited than, say the Chesapeake of course. But still, I can be on the main sound in about 1 hour and to the ocean bouys in 2 hours if the wind is right. Its hot and humid in the summer but I can sail fairly comfortably in January on a particularly nice day. From my mooring it is only a "dream" away to just about anywhere if you have the time, and if you're trying get some where sailing fast, sailing isn't the mode I'd choose.
But then again "Beaufort SC is a terrible place".
Don't move here!" Its laid back, no hustle and bustle and limited shopping for the wife.
There is pluff mud to softly catch you if you decide to run aground. There's a laid back Yacht and Sailing Club,, (BYSC), a pretty active sailing fleet and those "dang young wippersnappers" from high school racing everywhere on their sailing regatta's. YUK! Stay where you are or I'm sure you can find a better place to relocate that Beaufort. Oh, by the way, it is a great place to stop and visit though on your way down the coast or along the ICW. Just watch out for the McTeer bridge that is well below 65 feet when the tide is above 5ft at the Beaufort Tide Station! If you don't and have a 65 foot mast you'll be giving my neighbor, the owner of the local boatworks some of your hard earned boat $.