Short Full Day

May 31, 2011
We took in our dock lines and got underway at 0755 this morning bound for Jekyll Island, a short 29 nautical mile jump into Georgia. Just a few minutes after starting, we heard the US Coast Guard talking to another boat exiting the St. Marys Jetteys heading for sea. They were "requesting" that the boat take a course away from the seaway as they had a US Navy warship inbound. That could mean only one thing in this place: a boomer submarine. Thinks I; let's cool it short of the channel and see what we see. We did doughnuts in the water for about 30 minutes and were not disappointed. In the distance we saw a huge techy looking tug and two USCG ribs roaming around. Then the sail of the sub was visible. Then we took the hint from other boats and turned our stern toward the channel to Kings Bay Naval Station and just waited. Methinks one does not want to aim the pointy end toward this "asset" as they called it. What a lucky thing to catch a sub coming off patrol. Who knows? Perhaps they loosed some cruise missiles while out. The sub slipped by and we resumed our course up the ICW toward and past Kings Bay.
Shortly after passing the sub base, we were hailed by the motor vessel Aimless. We know the crew from San Antonio. They were in the same harbor as we a few years ago. They are headed the same direction except at considerably greater speed. It was good to hear Texan spoken. They were out of sight in about thirty minutes. Tonight, we are in Jekyll Island where several of the ultra rich invented the Fed Reserve Bank and much about what is wrong today...


Missed the date yesterday- today is the first day of hurricane season.