I've posted some pictures from my final days of this sailing season. The pictures are mainly in the Fernandina, Fl, and St. Mary's Inlet area. While in Fernandina I changed plans and instead of sailing a couple more weeks, single-handed up to Oriental, North Carolina, I've decided to keep Elysium on-the-hard in Brunswick, Georgia at Brunswick Landing Marina. Although I really wanted to keep the boat in Oriental where I know the marina and boatyard well; trust the quality of work and have friends, the thought of two more weeks single-handed on the ICW was more than I could handle after taking nine days to get through Florida. Plus, the thought that in the Fall I would have to back-track another two weeks just to get to the Florida/Georgia border if I stayed in the ICW. So, this first sailing season aboard Elysium is drawing to a close. The final days were marked by getting to see Fernandina; watching a submarine sail by with two huge escort ships on either side of her, and half a dozen or so Coast Guard vessels with guards on the bow with fixed guns getting all pleasure craft a minimum of 500 yards away from the sub (including one coast guard boat speeding over to me to make sure I stayed back) and ending with going hard aground and waiting until high tied to be towed off at Jeykill Island..ended the trip. By the way, Jeykill Island is where Rockefeller and several other people met to decide to form the Federal Reserve. So, I am spending the next couple of weeks cleaning and preparing the boat for storage for the summer. I will then fly home to spend the summer with family and friends. May you have following seas, and favorable winds.....Thanks for reading my blog this past sailing season....Renard