Day 21 - Nov 16, 2013
I should not have used the word "progress" in yesterdays blog entry. We awoke this AM to the dreaded “F” word. FOG. I couldn’t see the other boats near us, I couldn’t even see the banks and marsh grass of the river banks.
No one was going anywhere until this stuff burned off. When The fog finally did lift enough to see where you were going, we had already missed our tide window to pass through Little Mud River. We made the day of it puttzing on the boat. We’ll try it again tomorrow.
Location: North River, GA. MM 651 (Near Darien, GA)
Distance Traveled: Zero miles
Day 22 - Nov 17, 2013
We awoke to the same Foggy conditions this am. Today however, the fog lifted about 0900 hours and we got underway about 0910. Tide at the trouble spot was still high and just beginning to fall. We made it through with the usual near heart stopping moments.
On through Buttermilk Sound and the Mackay River we went.
As we approached Lanier Island, I decided we could make it to Jekyll Island and pushed on. As we neared St Simons Sound I could see a large rather dense Fog bank rolling inward from the ocean. A change of plan was in order. We had already passed all the suitable anchorages except the one at Lanier Island. The choice was the anchorage or take a slip at Morning Star Marina (old Golden Isle Marina). We needed to do laundry and I really needed a good nights sleep, so we opted to get a slip.
Location: Morning Star Marina, Lanier, GA. MM 677
Distance Traveled: 26 miles.
Day 20 - Nov 15, 2013
We get underway about 0720 hrs. We are shooting for another anchorage to setup the timing another trouble spot, Little Mud River. Nothing noteworthy about the day, except we arrive at the North River to anchor and find 4 boats already there. We proceed further up river to a second prospective anchorage and find 2 more boats already there. There is room for us so we drop the hook and make preparations for passage through yet another GA trouble spot tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow we can make better progress.
Location: North River, GA. MM 651 (Near Darien, GA)
Distance Traveled: 37.2 miles
We get underway about 0720 hrs. We are shooting for another anchorage to setup the timing another trouble spot, Little Mud River. Nothing noteworthy about the day, except we arrive at the North River to anchor and find 4 boats already there. We proceed further up river to a second prospective anchorage and find 2 more boats already there. There is room for us so we drop the hook and make preparations for passage through yet another GA trouble spot tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow we can make better progress.
Location: North River, GA. MM 651 (Near Darien, GA)
Distance Traveled: 37.2 miles
Day 19 - Nov 14, 2013
Rewind and replay time. Today we revisited the 6 mile section we back tracked three days ago. The storm that caused us to seek shelter has finally moved on. Temperatures are still at record lows. This morning the temp was 33F with northerly winds making it seem even cooler.
We get underway about 1100 hrs. Timing the Hell Gate trouble spot …again. The tide at Isle of Hope was at dead low and we had to transit some extremely low water for about an hour before reaching the Vernon River. We arrived at Hell Gate just after 1300 hrs when the tide was only about 1 hour past low. We delayed entry and allowed four trawlers to proceed ahead of us. We waited until they completed passage and then entered the cut. Water depth was tolerable until we reached the turn in the cut. Water depths dropped to less than 5 feet. We were able to throttle back and “search” our way through.
Once through Hell Gate we picked up speed for a while. We were running ahead of schedule so we bypassed the designated anchorage for today. We were able to continue on to Kilkenny Creek, the last anchorage in the area. We turned off the ICW and motored over two miles up the creek, past the shrimp boat docks and arrived at our anchorage for the night. We are now where we should have been 3 nights ago. Maybe tomorrow we can make better progress.
Location: Kilkenny Creek, GA. MM 614
Distance Traveled: 27.2 miles
Avg speed: 5.2 mph
Max speed: 7.9 mph
Rewind and replay time. Today we revisited the 6 mile section we back tracked three days ago. The storm that caused us to seek shelter has finally moved on. Temperatures are still at record lows. This morning the temp was 33F with northerly winds making it seem even cooler.
We get underway about 1100 hrs. Timing the Hell Gate trouble spot …again. The tide at Isle of Hope was at dead low and we had to transit some extremely low water for about an hour before reaching the Vernon River. We arrived at Hell Gate just after 1300 hrs when the tide was only about 1 hour past low. We delayed entry and allowed four trawlers to proceed ahead of us. We waited until they completed passage and then entered the cut. Water depth was tolerable until we reached the turn in the cut. Water depths dropped to less than 5 feet. We were able to throttle back and “search” our way through.
Once through Hell Gate we picked up speed for a while. We were running ahead of schedule so we bypassed the designated anchorage for today. We were able to continue on to Kilkenny Creek, the last anchorage in the area. We turned off the ICW and motored over two miles up the creek, past the shrimp boat docks and arrived at our anchorage for the night. We are now where we should have been 3 nights ago. Maybe tomorrow we can make better progress.
Location: Kilkenny Creek, GA. MM 614
Distance Traveled: 27.2 miles
Avg speed: 5.2 mph
Max speed: 7.9 mph
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