We pulled into Fernandina Harbor Marina early in the day which left us plenty of time to explore this small, historic village on Amelia Island. We met up with Izzy R which is a looper boat that we had dinner with in Punta Gorda many months ago. It was good to see Izzy and Jeff again and we had a great Mexican dinner that evening and cruised with them to St. Mary's, Georgia the next day. It seems Jeff and Captain John knew about this submarine museum in St. Mary's they wanted to see. St. Mary's, too, is a small, quaint village and Captain John and I had fun exploring the town with all it's historic homes and art galleries. The next morning we decided to travel outside the ICW on the Atlantic Ocean. All and all we are glad we made that decision because we were able to view and almost participate in the escorting of a nuclear submarine into it's base at King's Bay.
We were told by the Coast Guard as we were leaving the inlet to stay OUT of the channel at a slow speed until the Submarine and it's 2 gunboats, 2 escort ships and 2 helicoptors were past us. It was a neat experience to see this and I just wanted a small, nice picture. As I was taking the photos one of the gunships turned and with guns pointed at us started to come toward us. I immediately put down the camera and they turned back around. I did ,however, get a pretty good shot after it passed by.
When we got into the ocean we were sorry that we made the decision to go this way. The sea report was wrong and what was predicted to be 1.8 ft waves were more like 3ft. and the winds were NOT 5-10 they were more like 10-20. Fortunately, we only had 40 miles and were able to come in at St. Simons Sound, a well -marked ships channel. It seems south Georgia is a different (to us) geographic area. The ICW goes through Sounds with lots of swift current which are connected by rivers with VERY shallow channels and the tides now are 8ft. So far we have not had any problems but one has to be very careful.
As we approached St. Simon Island from the ocean side,one of the first things you notice is the lighthouse. It was great for me to see it this way, because a few years ago I climbed up there with a few of my grandchildren in the rain. Remember Kids? We stayed overnight at Golden Isles Marina, very nice, they know what they're doing. We took off north and are now at Sunbury Crab Co. Restaurant and Marina on the Medway River. It is a little gem of a place tucked into the marshes of Georgia. We will wait here until we have a good weather window to go to Isle of Hope.
We pulled into Fernandina Harbor Marina early in the day which left us plenty of time to explore this small, historic village on Amelia Island. We met up with Izzy R which is a looper boat that we had dinner with in Punta Gorda many months ago. It was good to see Izzy and Jeff again and we had a great Mexican dinner that evening and cruised with them to St. Mary's, Georgia the next day. It seems Jeff and Captain John knew about this submarine museum in St. Mary's they wanted to see. St. Mary's, too, is a small, quaint village and Captain John and I had fun exploring the town with all it's historic homes and art galleries. The next morning we decided to travel outside the ICW on the Atlantic Ocean. All and all we are glad we made that decision because we were able to view and almost participate in the escorting of a nuclear submarine into it's base at King's Bay.
We were told by the Coast Guard as we were leaving the inlet to stay OUT of the channel at a slow speed until the Submarine and it's 2 gunboats, 2 escort ships and 2 helicoptors were past us. It was a neat experience to see this and I just wanted a small, nice picture. As I was taking the photos one of the gunships turned and with guns pointed at us started to come toward us. I immediately put down the camera and they turned back around. I did ,however, get a pretty good shot after it passed by.
When we got into the ocean we were sorry that we made the decision to go this way. The sea report was wrong and what was predicted to be 1.8 ft waves were more like 3ft. and the winds were NOT 5-10 they were more like 10-20. Fortunately, we only had 40 miles and were able to come in at St. Simons Sound, a well -marked ships channel. It seems south Georgia is a different (to us) geographic area. The ICW goes through Sounds with lots of swift current which are connected by rivers with VERY shallow channels and the tides now are 8ft. So far we have not had any problems but one has to be very careful.
As we approached St. Simon Island from the ocean side,one of the first things you notice is the lighthouse. It was great for me to see it this way, because a few years ago I climbed up there with a few of my grandchildren in the rain. Remember Kids? We stayed overnight at Golden Isles Marina, very nice, they know what they're doing. We took off north and are now at Sunbury Crab Co. Restaurant and Marina on the Medway River. It is a little gem of a place tucked into the marshes of Georgia. We will wait here until we have a good weather window to go to Isle of Hope.
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