CT to FL Day 30
St. Marys, GA to Palm Coast, FL
We pulled anchor at 0700 this morning just before sunrise and headed to Florida.... only a few miles to go and we would cross the state line. Not the best sunrise sky today.
We arrived to our destination for the day Marineland Marina and we were secure with power at 1800. Our position tonight is
N29°40.142', W081°12.909'. We traveled today for 11.0 hours covering 75.86 nautical miles averaging 6.8 knots.
Posted at 6:35 PM
CT to FL Day 29
North Newport River, GA to St. Marys, GA
We left the anchorage just before sunrise at 0700... the sky was gorgeous... one of the best sunrise s we have had this trip so far...
We had planned to make it to Fernandina Beach, Florida today... but we had too much current against us... The two trouble spots for shoaling... Little Mud River and Jekyll Creek also slowed us way down... Little Mud River was not too bad as we arrived there at about 2 hours before low tide... Jekyll Creek was really shallow... we arrived there at low tide and had to run at idle through the whole creek... couple of spots I thought we were going to come to a stop... but we made it through just very slow...
We arrived to our destination for the day St. Marys, GA... and anchored in East River on the south end of Cumberland Sound. We were securely anchored at 1830. Our position tonight is N30°45.408', W081°28.601'. We traveled today for 11.5 hours covering 76.08 nautical miles averaging 6.6 knots. Posted at 7:26 PM
CT to FL Day 28
Beaufort, SC to North Newport River, GA
Dropped the mooring ball line at 0615... raining and was very dark compared to our normal 0700 departure times.
Nothing out of the ordinary today other than as we passed Thunderbolt Marina they hailed us... stating that they have watched SAILS pass by Thunderbolt for 25 years and wanted to wish us a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...
We arrived to our destination for the day... Blackbeard Creek off the North Newport River and were securely anchored at 1730. Our position tonight is N31°39.554', W081°12.537'. We traveled today for 11.25 hours covering 75.11 nautical miles averaging 6.7 knots.
Posted at 6:11 PM
