April Fool

Vessel Name: April fool
Vessel Make/Model: Pearson 38
Hailing Port: Annapolis MD
04 April 2014 | Little Alligator River NC
23 March 2014 | Thunderbolt GA
21 March 2014 | Georgia
21 March 2014 | St. Augustine Florida
15 November 2013
13 November 2013 | Delegal Creek
10 November 2013
07 November 2013 | Charleston
04 November 2013 | Graham Creek SC
01 November 2013 | Southport NC
26 October 2013 | Dowry Creek Marina off the Pungo River NC ICW M131.8
22 October 2013 | Portsmouth
Recent Blog Posts
04 April 2014 | Little Alligator River NC

Almost home

At the rate we are moving we should be home next Wed. or Thurs. The last three days have been wonderful--sunny, 80 degrees and calm. The wind is picking up tonight though, SW 11 with 20-23 gusts but we are in a well protected anchorage on the Little Alligator River. Tomorrow we will be crossing the Albermarle [...]

23 March 2014 | Thunderbolt GA

On to Savannah

We left Cumberland Island after waiting for the fog to lift, headed for St.Simon's Island. We stopped there on our way south; it is beautiful with many large live oaks. And we liked the Coastal Kitchen near our marina--great food, especially the shrimp and grits. And the marina delivers great muffins [...]

21 March 2014 | Georgia

Cumberland Island National Seaashore

We spent our first night on a mooring in Fernandina Beach FL after a cool cloudy trip from St Augustine. It was a long day but we wanted to make it to Cumberland Island National Seashore early the next day. We made good progress with only one bridge opening and a favorable current most of the time. We got to the Cumberland Island anchorage at 10:30 a.m. on Wed. and soon took the dinghy to a park dock. We spent several hours on Cumberland Island, walking trails to the ocean and to ruins of a mansion built in the late 1800's by a Carnegie. Most of the island is now part of the park. We saw wild horses and turkeys and many shore birds. The only way to get there is by boat; a ferry runs from St. Mary's GA. It was cloudy and cool but no wind so it was not a bad day for exploring. Definitely worth a return trip--there was much more to see.

21 March 2014 | St. Augustine Florida

Traveling North

Tues., 3/18/14: We are leaving today to make our return trek to Annapolis. We have had a wonderful time but are ready to get on our way again. We did go south as far as Vero Beach in early February, looking for some warm weather. And it was much warmer than St. Augustine. We made stops in Daytona Beach, [...]

18 November 2013

Fernandina Beach-St. Augustine

When we got up this a.m., we had a nice surprise, muffins and a newspaper

15 November 2013

St. Simon's Island

When we left the marina (located on Skidaway Island) the wind was not as strong but there was a 3 knot current to deal with. We made it out of the slip all right, thanks to a permanent slip holder who guided us out. Not so with our friends--they hit another sailboat, but fortunately the damage wasn't [...]

Half way to Florida

04 November 2013 | Graham Creek SC
We are at anchor at mile 438.9, half way on our journey to St. Augustine FL which is Mile 778 on the ICW. We have had different views and sights for the last three days; all were sunny but cool. The first was from Southport NC to North Myrtle Beach SC; Southport is an old historical southern town and Myrtle Beach was lined with condos, golf courses, tiki bars and restaurants and opulent homes. We got off the boat for a visit to friends of our companion boaters, Don and Carol, at their home in Myrtle Beach. Our marina was full of big power boats--not many sailboats here. The next day we went through the "dreaded" Rock Pile, a narrow two mile stretch that's lined with large rocks. Many boaters have damaged their boats going through here, but we made it with no problems. There is a leg that is wider, and we met two barges that were going north, but we had no trouble passing them. From there we were on the Waccamaw River which was more scenic, moss dripping from trees, lots of turtles sunning on branches and logs and many lily pads in the water. We anchored on a lovely creek, Thoroughfare, lined with cypress trees and marsh. We were the only boats there, and there were no houses for miles. The sky was brilliant with stars. Today was windy and cool but sunny. We went down rivers, creeks and canals and each had different vegetation. We especially like the canals with marshes and many birds along the shore. There were a couple of stretches where there was shoaling,; we went through very slowly with no problems. Our anchorage tonight is not as pretty as last night and it is still blowing 15-20. We are going to Charleston tomorrow where we plan to spend a couple of days.

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