11/04/11
Wednesday was a fun day in charming Beaufort where we were delighted to meet up with John and Nancy Knight who own a lovely condo there. The fantastic waterfront and lovely downtown are right out their door. It is so fun meeting up with friend old and new along this trip.
Early yesterday morning we left Beaufort and went out Port Royal Sound to take the ocean passage to St. Catherine Sound thereby limiting some of the notoriously low water and precarious currents in Georgia. A front was predicted to move in during the night and therefore we chose to come in to Walburg Creek, the first creek on St. Catherine's Sound Inlet to ride out the night. ...And a wild night it was with a cross current that was remarkable and wind up around 30 knots.....the current was stronger. Needless, to say little sleep was had, even though the anchor held fine!
The ocean passage was beautiful but not enough wind to sail....the seas were confused but our boat seems to handle that very well, as it didn't bother me a bit. I really like the daylight ocean when it is so beautiful, green.. sparkling... Dolphins entertained us from all sides while the shrimp boats kept us alert.
It was a welcome break from the Georgia waterway which we had to come back to today. Crossing a couple of sounds and the windy twisty passage with frequent 30 knot wind gusts made for a long day that had me glad to end by dropping anchor a few minutes ago in front of Fort Frederica on the Frederica River Alternate Route. Today we also intercepted paths with Ed and Pat Land on Finistere. Finistere along with Catspaw and CAVU will be headed to Brunswick Landing Marina tomorrow.
Early yesterday morning we left Beaufort and went out Port Royal Sound to take the ocean passage to St. Catherine Sound thereby limiting some of the notoriously low water and precarious currents in Georgia. A front was predicted to move in during the night and therefore we chose to come in to Walburg Creek, the first creek on St. Catherine's Sound Inlet to ride out the night. ...And a wild night it was with a cross current that was remarkable and wind up around 30 knots.....the current was stronger. Needless, to say little sleep was had, even though the anchor held fine!
The ocean passage was beautiful but not enough wind to sail....the seas were confused but our boat seems to handle that very well, as it didn't bother me a bit. I really like the daylight ocean when it is so beautiful, green.. sparkling... Dolphins entertained us from all sides while the shrimp boats kept us alert.
It was a welcome break from the Georgia waterway which we had to come back to today. Crossing a couple of sounds and the windy twisty passage with frequent 30 knot wind gusts made for a long day that had me glad to end by dropping anchor a few minutes ago in front of Fort Frederica on the Frederica River Alternate Route. Today we also intercepted paths with Ed and Pat Land on Finistere. Finistere along with Catspaw and CAVU will be headed to Brunswick Landing Marina tomorrow.
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