April 14-15,2026 We left St. Simon’s at sunrise to sail to Charleston. The wind was predicted to be light in the early morning and then pick up a little. We left at dawn. It was so calm and beautiful when we reached the ocean. We motored comfortably in the calm clear water for several hours.
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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 were going to head to St. Mary’s Georgia but the marina was full so we opted for Fernandina. I had wanted to explore Cumberland Island and there is a ferry from St. Mary’s that we had considered but we did not want to leave the boat anchored for the trip so we opted for
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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The weather was supposed to be a little better with only scattered showers predicted and a little less wind. The ocean was still quite disturbed so we opted to head up the waterway. We passed through the famous Daytona area where there are four bridges in a little over 1 mile stretch. Coming from the
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
mile 846-840 New Smyrna Beach could only take us for one night. We were expecting some bad weather. We had a mooring reserved in St. Augustine but it was likely to be windy and rainy when we got there at the end of the day so we opted to stay in Ponce Inlet at the
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mile 898-846 Our next stop was New Smyrna Beach. We had a reservation for one night at the new Smyrna Beach City Marina. We had stayed there in the fall and liked it. On the way, we passed the space center and traversed the Haulover Canal with the drawbridge at the far side this time.
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April 1-2, 2026 It was April fool’s day. We estimated a 19 hour trip and wanted to get to the inlet on the other side at first light. David had already secured things for an ocean passage. We hoisted Fat Tuesday and strapped her down. We secured the cabin. After we felt prepared, we decided