12/9/14
Beaufort SC
Posted by Bill

The weather, tide, and the end of our month of dockage has all come together. We did some major passage planning today, looking at tides and anchorages, and considering all of the timing, and our plan for the next week looks like this:

12/11 – Depart Port Royal Landing Marina, transit Fields Cut (major shoaling area off of the Savannah River) and anchor in the Herb River, Georgia.

12/12 – Transit Hell Gate (major shoaling area) and anchor in the Crescent River, Georgia.

12/13 – Transit the Little Mud River (major shoaling area) and anchor in Wally’s Leg, Georgia, just north of St Simons Island.

12/14 – Transit Jekyll Creek (major shoaling area) and anchor in the Brickhill River.

12/15 – Transit to Fernandina Beach Florida.

We will probably spend a few days in Fernandina Beach enjoying the area and Amelia Island. The weather looks pretty good for the next week except that it will be cooler than normal, but it is a welcome relief from the winds and windchill. The highs have only been in the 50s the last couple of days and the winds have been in the teens to thirty knot range.

The internet access will be sketchy over the next week so we may not have a blog every day…but I will try! If nothing else, I will post the daily blogs when we get to Fernandina Beach.

Lastly…happy birthday to our daughter eldest. We love you and miss you. Wish we were able to celebrate with you!!!