We're up and underway about 0700. Weather is a little cloudy with scattered thunder storms predicted. We had a little boost from the tide going towards Kings Bay. We followed a “boomer” submarine (at great distance) going in. From there on it was typical Georgia. Cumberland, Jekyll, and St Simon sounds were all pretty quiet. There were no horses to be seen along Cumberland Island this time by. The tide was just starting to come in when we departed and we hoped to pass thru the first of three major trouble spots on the rising tide.
We entered Jekyll Creek a little after mid tide and had good depth all the way through. Lots of green tailed flies all day. They sure like to ride on the underside of the bimini and dodger. We stayed on the main ICW route, bypassing the Frederica River this time, and stopped a little after 5 PM at an anchorage area just off the ICW in Wallys Leg very near the bottom of the tide. There was already a small trawler near the mouth, so we moved up the creek a little way and anchored in 7 feet of water.
While having cocktails, I noticed we were moving and checked the anchor. Sure enough we were dragging. We repositioned the boat, reset the anchor, added a sentinel, set an anchor alarm on the chart plotter and kept a close eye on things as we fixed dinner on the grill. After dinner I took a short nap and was back up for the tide change to make sure the anchor held. Our postition after the tide change looked good so I went back to napping.
Location: Wallys Leg anchorage at MM 665. Boat distance traveled, 50 miles. Time in actual transit, 9.5 hours. Top speed 9.3 mph, average speed 5.4 mph
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