We left our dock in St Mary's early while the current was slack and headed 3 miles to the St Mary River Inlet. It was low tide and we were a little concerned about depth but never saw less than 10ft under our keel. When we merged into the ICW channel we spotted several navy boats including a small cutter, two inflatables with mounted machine guns and two tug boats coming from the Naval submarine base. OK, a little excitement ensued while we thought we would see them escort a nuclear submarine in. But to our dismay they kept going out to sea in the very long approach channel to the river. If there was a submarine entering it would be a while and we were anxious to get moving North.
Our trip only took about 6 hours to complete. It was a beautiful day with good wind and we had the ocean to ourselves. We only had to complete about 26 miles.
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| Love to see those channel markers! It means we are reaching the end of our trip. |
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| St Simon's lighthouse |
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| Brunswick, GA Route 17 bridge |
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| Our destination for the season. Brunswick Landing Marina |
We arrived at the marina by mid afternoon. Within an hour we had company. Our friends, Jim & Leslie, live in Brunswick and keep their boat s/v Just Limin at the marina. We met Jim & Leslie the first time on our trip to the Bahamas and again in Jacksonville last fall while moving Kinvara out of the St John's River. It was so nice to see them again. We had dinner that night in a place called Brewburgers. There were at least 10 types of home made burgers which were more like meat loaf than regular burgers.
Thursday, June 9
We were up early (it was too hot to sleep!) to get our boat organized to leave. Jane washed the decks while Peter packed electronics to bring home. We then cleaned the forward cabin and made the bunk for Fred and Verena to arrive. That evening Jim and Leslie invited us to their lovely home in Brunswick for dinner. What else would you have in Georgia? Fresh shrimp! Peter was in heaven. Jim grilled shrimp and vegetables which we ate with a delicious coconut rice that Leslie made. It was such a nice evening.
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| Jim & Leslie in their lovely home |
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| Peter making himself comfortable in their recliner. Maggie making herself comfortable in Pretzel's bed. |
Friday, June 10
In the morning Peter double tied the lines to the dock and Jane packed her clothes. In the afternoon Leslie picked us up for a short trip to St Simon's Island. It is only a few miles away and a very charming resort town. Leslie took us to one of her favorite places for lunch...speciality is "she-crab" soup. Another great Georgia recipe. We walked through some of the shops and bought a few things before leaving to return to the boat. St Simon's Island is another place we want to return to for another visit!
Fred and Verena left Atlantic City at 3 in the morning and arrived at the marina 14 hours later...about 5PM. They were exhausted but we had enough energy for a few drinks and then dinner again at Brewburgers! You can't avoid their happy hour from 4-8PM and beers for $1. Once back aboard Kinvara we called it an early night. The next morning Jane and Verena packed the food while Peter and Fred packed the car. We then all took showers before leaving. Our trip to Cape Canaveral was about 4.5 hours. We had lunch at the Harbortown Marina then drove our car home. It's hard to believe that in 3 days we travelled about 200 miles to Brunswick. We are satisfied with our trip and the marina. The weather was really good during our trip. Since returning there have been late afternoon thunderstorms every day and we have record temperatures again...high 90's.
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