Up early this morning, but relaxing with coffee. Can’t leave until 11 AM due to a very shallow area ahead that requires tidal help to get thru. It is called Little Mud River and I don’t want to touch the bottom. We made it thru and then picked up speed to make Turner Creek, near Savannah, where we have anchored for the first time on this boat. It has been a 92 mile run today. Launching the dinghy was really easy with our new Hurley Davits, but the little gas engine that I bought and tested did not make the grade — it only ran a very short time. Good the dinghy has oars, but we decided in heavy current where we anchored to try to get Maddie to do her business on board and not row the boat long distances in 4 knots of current. Tonight is a bummer since we can’t use the dinghy to go ashore but we are enjoying the quiet of our first anchorage.
It does appear all boat issues are resolved and she is running great.
It rained on us and Carey is noticing lighting as we prepare for bed. She’s out buttoning up the aft deck and I’m getting ready to turn the generator off and get us really for our first night at anchor.
Strange things happen on the water. We encountered this at Morningstar Marina. The picture below shows a one man boat that is powered by pedals (yes, like a bike with paddles) and/or a small sale. A young man is taking this boat up the water way from Miami to Virginia. I couldn’t believe it. He has been at it for 4 weeks. No idea when he will be seen in Virginia. Amazing.
Sounds like the fellow has pandemic fever….anchoring out, you two are living the life. I remember when George and I went back up the ICW and when ran into a couple in Thunderbolt who were from Frostproof, FL (middle of state, bout 20 miles north of Sebring which we were not living in at that point), who have decoded to do the loop on a smaller sailboat. She was one-armed and he had decided to demast and derudder the boat and were just running on a small inboard and they had no charts. We were pretty sure they would be dead in weeks, but I followed their blog (after we fed them when they came into Belhaven where we were tied up) and they made it! Waterway is a national treasure. Love you guys; well guy and gal and Maddie.