A foggy morning greets us. Visibility probably down to 75 yards as we cant see the banks of the river. Breakfast below, heating on, is cosy.

Weather this season has been mad - something about the jet stream stalling -well, it needs to sort itself out and stop complaining about how much CO2 and other pollution it has to deal with and give us some good weather!

The wind picks up and by the time the fog clears we have another cool, damp, overcast day ahead. Waterproofs and warmers zipped, the wind in our teeth, engine on, we motor all day from 8am to 5.30pm (42 miles) to our anchorage in the Frederica River GA.

Our route takes us to the end of the Amelia River, past Fernandina Beach, into the St Mary's River which has a wide exit/entry to the Atlantic. At St Mary's there are also submarine pens and a museum. Security boats are visible enforcing the 'no go' area. A large sub in view has a huge sign blowing in the wind reading 'HMS Astute'.

We continue on across Cumberland Sound, becoming the Cumberland River higher up, then into St Andrews Sound, Jekyll Creek, St Simons Sound, finally the Frederica River.

It was a roller coaster of a day - the wide opens sounds had some challenging sea conditions. Hardly a house to be seen and even fewer boats. For the last few hours the rain never stopped - sweating on the inside and rain drenching us on the outside.

The Frederica River snakes off further into the marshes and we follow it until we find a good spot on a bend where a small private dock projects into the water and there are a couple of houses and trees. We need the company!!

We are also opposite another national monument, Fort Frederica, set in a state park, and through the trees we see some of the old ruins. Maybe we'll get ashore tomorrow.