Got to be FLEXIBLE

Longest day run ever!! What a change of plans. Last night when we went to bed the wind was howling and we expected the Gale conditions to just strengthen through the night. Sometime after midnight we heard no wind. This morning it was only blowing 5 –10 kts!! What gives?? I checked the weather forecast and all mention of Gale was gone – only small Craft Advisory but the winds were light. The day was overcast with only a slight chance of rain today.

Hell we can travel today!! Changed our plans immediately – looked at high tide and the clock and decided to leave around 7:30am instead of 6:30am to catch Hell’s Gate near high tide.

The plan worked but we traveled faster than expected. Reached Hell’s gate 2 hours before high tide but there had already been a 5.7’ rise and I need 5.3’. So we did it. No problem – never saw less than 12’!!

We pressed on through the Ogeechee river and St Catherine Sound and hit Cattle Pen Creek (a previous most isolated anchorage) at 1:30pm and were doing 6.8kts over ground! We thought we would try the next anchorage at the Wahoo River anchorage 5 miles further so we pushed on. I didn’t like the look of it – couldn’t find it in the binoculars so pressed on. We had a great run across the Sapello sound and made New Teakettle creek at 4:40pm. Great anchorage. Two boats were already here and 3 more came in after us. Today was a record run for me for a daylight run – 63.6 NMs. Not bad for a day that was going to be spent sight seeing!!

Ohh I have a groupies now. After setting the anchor a small Catamaran with only an EXPO 2012 Korea sticker went by and hailed us. They were two Korean gentlemen. The said they had been following us all day – I know that. They asked if we were going to the Bahamas and I said yes. They gave me a thumbs up and asked when we would leave tomorrow morning – I said 6:30. Another thumbs up and they said they would follow us. Gosh groupies!!

We are whipped!! Will get to bed early and try for the Jekyll Island anchorage tomorrow – a mere 40 nm.

Then on to Fernandina, FL (32 nm) where we will meet with our daughter Kourtney for about a week. This is her first week off as a new RN at Duke University Hospital -- we are very proud of her.

Hope to spend several days with her exploring Cumberland Island and St Mary’s. Maybe sight a nuclear sub entering or exiting the Kings Island Facility -- ohh that would be cool.

Nothing else to report other than this stretch of Georgia is the most DESOLATE!! Nothing but landscape which is very nice.

I attached the photo of that really large Sailboat that lights it spreaders at night – way cool but I could not read it’s name.