We had booked the megadock for two nights. We left the battleship anchorage in the early afternoon and headed over to the Charleston City Marina. It is race week in Charleston so many small boats were practicing and sailing in the harbor. We made our way easily. They originally had us in a spot between
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Last evening, there was a little bit of excitement at the dock as the coast guard brought a boat in that was taking on water. Summer Wind had hit some rocks near Jekyll Island and sustained damage to their hull. They had just bought the boat two days prior and were bringing it to Savannah.
Cumberland Island has been on the list of places I wanted to visit. It is a large, mostly protected, barrier island once owned by the Carnegie family. It is only accessible by boat and there is a ferry from St. Mary’s. There are several anchorages off the island with dinghy access. We motored there in
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We started chores early. We lowered Fat Tuesday, went to the marina with garbage, did laundry, showered and ordered a grocery delivery by insta-cart. By 1130 we had this all done. We took everything back to the boat, ate lunch and set out on a walk to the alligator farm. We crossed the Bridge of
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We thought about renting bikes.There is a surf shop nearby that rents them but it was not the best day for biking. We had saved 2 little museums for another rainy day and the Off the Hook restaurant that had been so nice to shelter us from the winds for these days. The museums were
We are having wind and rain as predicted but are secure on our dock. We were mostly on the boat but decided to go to the Marine Science Center in the afternoon. This is a research and rehabilitation center for birds and turtles. They also have exhibits and tanks showing reefs and mangroves. It was
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We decided to ferry to Hope Town for the day. I had called several small motor boat rental places but the one in Marsh Harbour did not rent for the day and the others on nearby cays did not answer inquiries. It seemed like the ferry was the best option. We wanted to visit Man-O-War
This will be a two post day so as not to rush through a very long adventure. We decided to rent a car to the explore while we still had some nice weather. The Island is not very wide but over 100 miles long and we are at one of the Southern tips. We decided
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It is a beautiful calm day. We had planned to join a beach clean up this morning and then go to town for the annual cruisers softball game. There are two teams that play one another and then play a local youth team. We planned to watch and support the concession stand that supports the
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Another round of strong winds were predicted for the weekend. We thought about going to Cat but that would be a long motor upwind so we decided against it. Conception was also out. We decided to go back to George Town and regroup. George Town is getting busy and we were not able to get
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