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| Lady's Island Bridge New Years Day |
What a way to start the new year. We left Lady's Island at 7:30 AM and as you can see we had a clear beautiful day to start out. We wanted to go our in the North Atlantic and avoid all the marsh swamps of Georgia and low tides. It is 20 miles from Beaufort to the deep blue. When we got out we had about 8 to 10 knots of wind ( more or less ) and the waves were rolling 2'. We raised the main and had the jib out shortly after wards and could maintain about 5 kts going in the right direction - south. It was chilly and as the day progressed it was it got darn right cold, gray, misty, rainy, cold... did I mention cold. Tom took the watch and I supplied hot tea, hot coco, hot sandwiches, hot chili.
Tom and I put on our foul weather gear, he got out our safety harness, it got dark around 6:30 with the thick clouds hiding the stars and moon. As usual we appeared to be the only crazy people out there. We brought down the sail for the night, wind was getting iffy and the rolling waves larger. I took the midnight watch --- and here is what makes it all worth the cold and discomfort. For 1/2 hour we had Right Whale Dolphins, Dolphins and if the stinky fishy breath is an indication I believe we even had Right Whales swimming along side our boat. It was so cool hearing their splash, exhale and seeing fins cut through the waves. We were not alone in our adventure. Around 3 AM the shrimpers and sport fishers dotted the horizon. Tom came back up to bring in the cloudy dawn and our entrance into the St. John River.
In all we cover 151.7 nautical miles in 29 hours
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| farewell to Lady's Island Marina |
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| rolling gray seas |
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| coming into St. Johns River Florida |
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| sails up and we are scooting along |
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