Through the elephants in St. Andrews Sound, down a narrow channel that we explored ourselves, without the help of the Corp of Engineers, to Florida.
The breakers were rolling across the inlet just south of Jekyll Island this morning and the admiral decided that we were not going "outside" today. On the chart there appeared to be another route that we could take through the sound by heading inland and then turning east to meet up with the channel that everyone normally follows. It worked! We did see water depths as low as 11 feet and we would have run aground at low tide. But we timed the tide and sailed through without a bump. You can see our route below. Imagine us cheering as our little red arrow sails along at the bottom of the screen.
I know that two months seems like a long time to get to Florida when a car can make the trip in 2 days and a plane in 3 hours. I was thinking about this as we cruised along this morning while Julie cooked muffins, Madeline napped and Jessica danced on the front deck. Just a different mode of travel. I think its worth it. Tough to cook muffins in a car (or dance on the hood on I 95.)
We picked up a mooring ball today for the first time. This have all the benefits of a dock (security) with the comfort and motion of being at anchor. (and no one walking down the dock peeking in at you while they wander by.) I like them. Mind you it took us three tries to attach to it and I dropped the boat hook and we had to go get it and I cut my hand up trying to secure the grimy rope to the boat. But I do like being on an mooring ball. We felt comfortable enough to leave the dock and wander the town.
Here are the pics of the adventures.
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