Monday, Jan. 19, 2010
Sunny, Breezy Hi 70 Lo 44
Lat/Lon 30 40.8 N,81 28.8 W
Yesterday, we motored down to Fernandina following friends, Glen & Pam Rogers. We took the ICW, (Intracoastal Waterway) rather than going out on the Atlantic.
We were fueled up and underway by 10:30 am.
The ICW through Georgia is a series of meandering rivers. It's very shallow, and snakes and winds back and forth with marshes and shoals everywhere. We bumped the bottom twice. We draw 4ft 8 in., meaning our keel sits 4'8" below the waterline. So each time we saw the depth finder reading 5 ft, it got our attention quick! We are NOT fans of the ICW. And we didn't DARE try sailing in such shallow waters. When we leave for Jacksonville today, we're going outside to the Atlantic, and not using the ICW. And there, we'll get to sail!
It has'nt all been easy going. The dingy motor is temperamental. Our fuel gage doesn't w
ork and neither does the auto pilot. The boat sat unattended for a little over a year, so there are several maintence jobs we'll be doing when we get to Jacksonville. (Brunswick was so small that we couldn't do much of it there.)
In addition to a few things not working, we also made our first sacrifice to Neptune, God of the Seas. We though he might like a digital camera. Um, yea, I had Sid's camera in the pocket of my sweat shirt. Of course it wasn't MY camera, I had to loose his. Yep, it went overboard on the way down here yesterday. :o( But to his credit, after making a sour face at first, he said, "Well, it could be worse. Don't beat yourself up over it. I was thinking about getting a water proof one, so now I will." (An previous mate, who shall remain unnamed, would have haunted me about that for MONTHS, YEARS!)
Sunny, Breezy Hi 70 Lo 44
Lat/Lon 30 40.8 N,81 28.8 W
Yesterday, we motored down to Fernandina following friends, Glen & Pam Rogers. We took the ICW, (Intracoastal Waterway) rather than going out on the Atlantic.
We were fueled up and underway by 10:30 am.
The ICW through Georgia is a series of meandering rivers. It's very shallow, and snakes and winds back and forth with marshes and shoals everywhere. We bumped the bottom twice. We draw 4ft 8 in., meaning our keel sits 4'8" below the waterline. So each time we saw the depth finder reading 5 ft, it got our attention quick! We are NOT fans of the ICW. And we didn't DARE try sailing in such shallow waters. When we leave for Jacksonville today, we're going outside to the Atlantic, and not using the ICW. And there, we'll get to sail!
It has'nt all been easy going. The dingy motor is temperamental. Our fuel gage doesn't w
ork and neither does the auto pilot. The boat sat unattended for a little over a year, so there are several maintence jobs we'll be doing when we get to Jacksonville. (Brunswick was so small that we couldn't do much of it there.)In addition to a few things not working, we also made our first sacrifice to Neptune, God of the Seas. We though he might like a digital camera. Um, yea, I had Sid's camera in the pocket of my sweat shirt. Of course it wasn't MY camera, I had to loose his. Yep, it went overboard on the way down here yesterday. :o( But to his credit, after making a sour face at first, he said, "Well, it could be worse. Don't beat yourself up over it. I was thinking about getting a water proof one, so now I will." (An previous mate, who shall remain unnamed, would have haunted me about that for MONTHS, YEARS!)
This is Sid scoring 7 lbs of fresh shrimp, right off a shrimp boat, just before we left Brunswick. $2.00 lb for FRESH shrimp. That's several inexpensive and GOOD meals! YUM!
2 comments:
Neptune has way more cameras than he can ever use-----why did he want Sid's ! @$%#@@@%#
It will be far better out in the ocean, AND being under sail.
(Do you realize I have 2 daughters at sea now?) WOW
I'm so glad Sid is the kind of guy who doesn't sweat that kind of stuff. That's who you want to travel with!
So did you know, before going thru the ICW, that you'd be cutting it within two inches of the keel?? I guess that depth probably changes with the tides etc. But wow. Scary.
LOVE your stories! Keep 'em comin'.
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