11/03/2009, St Augustine, Fla
We left Brunswick Saturday a.m. as planned. It takes about two hours to get thru the river past St Simon & Jekyll to the Atlantic. Met two freighters and a big shrimp boat getting out. Arrived at Cumberland Island inlet about 3:00PM. Just as we were making our turn leaving the Atlantic a submarine started appearing with three military police escorts zooming around in the water. We were stunned; but decided to give them water.
Cumerbland Island is a National Seashore Park. You can only arrive by boat. There is a 45 minute people ferry from St Marys GA for campers or just day trippers. Sand dunes and forest with wild horses. Stayed here two nights with Navy boats guarding us. Upon leaving to go back to the Atlantic we followed another sub out the inlet which is several miles long.
At Jacksonville, FL we went inside to the Intercoastal Waterway and will motor this south for a few days as the Atlantic waves are building this week.
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Safe Travels - Vicky & Tom
10/30/2009, Brunswick GA
What a neat town is Brunswick. The South is live and well with great people and wonderful food. Brunswick Landing Marina has worked for us; great facilities; helpful and friendly people. Killer, the resident Chihuahua, had pups this summer. She stays fit out running a golf cart. Even Scooter backed up when Killer was around.
We will miss our Bible Study Fellowship group. They pitched in and our V-Berth is full of supplies for the Old Bight Mission orphanage on Cat Island, Bahamas.
We will make our way down the Florida coast to Marathon again this year. Looking forward to seeing old boating friends. Then after the holidays head to the Bahamas. We will try to take you along when we have internet. Cheers, Dawn & Bruce
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05/19/2009, Green Turtle, Abaco Bahamas
Last Friday we left Marsh Harbor headed north by way of the Whale Channel. You leave the Sea of Abaco (20 feet deep) go into the Atlantic (2000 plus deep) and back into the Sea of Abaco. Can be very rough trip but we had a good day.
We are in Green Turtle Cay this week filling up on banana bread and waiting for a good weather window. We will be going to Brunswick Georgia (our summer spot for this year). We will be at sea for about three days if we go as planned.
Scooter has been busy star fish hunting along the beach.
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All the best, Hunter
Sheila & Dave
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05/19/2009, Cherokee Point Bahamas
Getting from Cat Island to the Abacos was an adventure. We went outside in the Atlantic for the experience of a long passage. It was long-34 hours as we hit a front halfway through that was forecasted to be later in the week. We arrived in Cherokee Point with two problems - one side of the dinghy had a leak and we had consumed lots more fuel than planned. Bruce started patching on the dinghy. We were the only boat in the anchorage with a fabulous beach. After two days we decided dinghy was holding so we went into Cherokee Settlement to see about getting diesel in containers as the water is too shallow to take Lady Hawk in town. Really helpful people-lady in store ask the first guy that came in if he would use his boat to take diesel to our boat. You will see a pic of him with his little girl. He had two 18 gallon tanks. We loved Cherokee and stayed five days in all.
Since then we have revisited several cays that we remembered from last year. While we were in Man Of War Cay we got the bottom of the boat painted and stayed in cottage for a few days. Here is the rest of the story about the Cat Cat orphanage. The church we went to in Man of War is very involved with the same orphanage and had just delivered 470 pounds of lunch snacks the week before in the pastors plane.
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04/22/2009, Marsh Harbor Bahamas
When we arrived in Marsh Harbor we started asking around about items on our list for the orphanage. The same hardware store kept coming up; yes, they had underwear, soap, shampoo and composition school tablets. While inquiring about the mail boat we were told to go to talk to the ladies at the post office as the ladies there do mission work. Sure enough she made a few phone calls and the dock master took our package to the ship captain who agreed to give it to the Cat Island mail boat out of Nassau. Every island has a mail boat once a week that has all kinds of freight even people. Sunday we talked to a man at church that knows about the orphanage and agreed that it is a good facility with on going needs.
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04/08/2009, Bahamas
Early in our trip down the Exumas we met a young couple that had bought a sail boat from a man that works with an orphanage in Cat Island, Bahamas. So we wanted to find this orphanage (thought maybe they need a water cooler).
After being in Hawks Nest Marina a few days, we found a fishing guide that knew about it. We hired him to drive us there. It is called Old Bight Mission & Home. They have twelve kids presently. They are all from a larger orphanage in Nassau. Everything was very clean and orderly. Pastor Kevin and his wife (a state social worker) are doing a great job with very little state funds.
Here is how God works:
1. We got there about 4:30 PM unannouced and Pastor looked at Bruce and said I knew you were coming; I felt it in my heart yesterday. We now have a list of their immediate and ongoing needs and working on that.
2. Our driver said he didn't know why but two weeks ago he decided to save the fish that he catches on charter trips to give to the orphanage; even though he had never visited them, it was on his heart to help.
3. As we were leaving the marina the next morning the boat next to us ask about our visit inland and we told them about the orphanage. They had planned to go to Cuba this trip but did not make it and she had brought lots of school supplies. Yes, she took them to the orphanage that day.
We are in the Abacos now heading for Marsh Harbor to buy toileteries and underware for the kids; have it shipped on the island to island mail boat. Getting a package from the states is expensive and usually disappears in route.
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