Day 18 & 19
Tues. Jan 19, & Wed. Jan 20, 2016
Fernandino Beach to Jacksonville
(Beach Marina)
Jacksonville to St Augustine
(St. Augustine Municipal Marina)
Tuesday, We all took a dockage at Jacksonsonville Beach. It was predicted to be a cold night and we needed good heat. We had a nice day weather wise, sunny and comfy in the sunroom but had some skinny water. Bumped several times. Always a scary thing. Journey even bumped leaving the marina. We spent 2/3 of our time at low tide.
We ate at the marina bar and played games a little and turned on the heat and went to bed. About 12 the power went off and so did the heat of course. Lee set up the little propane heater and we used it the rest of the night. Wed morning we found out the whole marina had lost power and after reading reviews we found out this has happened before this winter as well as lousy internet wifi. The gfi outlet kept blowing as soon as you put power on the port side of the boat. We took it apart and it did not look burned or have any lose wires. Lee called Richard Truett and we let him listen to the weird clicks it made after it blew. It almost sounded like crackling He didn't know either. We asked for the marinas service person to look and explained it needed to be fixed promptly if we were to meet our time schedule. When they finally came after over an hour waiting they said it was probably a faulty GFI outlet but they did not have any. We left without it fixed.
Wed we had another nice sunny day and actually got hot a little in the sunroom. We took a mooring ball at Bridge of Lions in St Augustine around 4. Is should be moderately cold tonight, 40s but tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and high 60s and tomorrow night mild . We are hoping to do some sightseeing ashore get some groceries and stay here Thur. night. Predictions for Fri is rain and wind so we may just hole up here again instead of traveling in the rain. Time will tell.
Voyages of Sea Turtle
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Monday, January 18, 2016
Fernandino Beach
Day 17
Jan 18, 2016
Fernandino Harbor Marina
Florida
We had a windy cold night. It got to 51 in the cabin of the boat. The sun came out bright in the morning and the sunroom warmed up comfortably. We took off from Cumberand Island around 11 and had an unevent trip to Fernandino Habor Marina arriving at 12;30. We took a face dock spot and hit the shower and the laundromat at the marina. Just as we were finishing the clothes and were heading back to the boat the Stricklands came walking up. They had decided to take a dock instead of a mooring ball because of the cold, wind and distance from shore the mooring field was.
We did a little sight seeing in town and went to a Italian place to eat. We had a small breakfast and were starved. The portions were huge and the food good. We played some cards and called it a day.
Tomorrow we are heading to Jacksonville and St Augustine the day after that. Hope we eventually get to warm weather.
Jan 18, 2016
Fernandino Harbor Marina
Florida
We had a windy cold night. It got to 51 in the cabin of the boat. The sun came out bright in the morning and the sunroom warmed up comfortably. We took off from Cumberand Island around 11 and had an unevent trip to Fernandino Habor Marina arriving at 12;30. We took a face dock spot and hit the shower and the laundromat at the marina. Just as we were finishing the clothes and were heading back to the boat the Stricklands came walking up. They had decided to take a dock instead of a mooring ball because of the cold, wind and distance from shore the mooring field was.
We did a little sight seeing in town and went to a Italian place to eat. We had a small breakfast and were starved. The portions were huge and the food good. We played some cards and called it a day.
Tomorrow we are heading to Jacksonville and St Augustine the day after that. Hope we eventually get to warm weather.
Staying Put
Day 16
Jan 17, 2016 Sunday
Cumberland Island
ICW FL/GA border
We had winds up to 40mph during the night and that continued during the day. We think our anchor came up and reset during the night. It was a rocky and cool night and day today. The weather looks like we will continue to have several nights of sub-freezing temps. Our friends who had planned to arrive Sunday stayed put today and think tomorrow might be their day to move on. We think that as well. We would like to have access to laundry facilities and dump trash, take on water etc.
It is sunny and windy so our free energy should be doing great guns. It is warming the cockpit/sunroom up too. We sat up there and read and actually got hot. this afternoon. Thermometer said 78. The cabin never got above the mid 60s all day and we had to use the Little Buddy heater in the evening.
If all goes as we hope tomorrow we will go on to Fernandino FL and go in a slip and use their heat and facilities and maybe even a trip to the grocery store.
Jan 17, 2016 Sunday
Cumberland Island
ICW FL/GA border
We had winds up to 40mph during the night and that continued during the day. We think our anchor came up and reset during the night. It was a rocky and cool night and day today. The weather looks like we will continue to have several nights of sub-freezing temps. Our friends who had planned to arrive Sunday stayed put today and think tomorrow might be their day to move on. We think that as well. We would like to have access to laundry facilities and dump trash, take on water etc.
It is sunny and windy so our free energy should be doing great guns. It is warming the cockpit/sunroom up too. We sat up there and read and actually got hot. this afternoon. Thermometer said 78. The cabin never got above the mid 60s all day and we had to use the Little Buddy heater in the evening.
If all goes as we hope tomorrow we will go on to Fernandino FL and go in a slip and use their heat and facilities and maybe even a trip to the grocery store.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Cumberland Island
Day 14
Jan 15, 2016 Saturday
Cumberland Island
FL
We came to the anchorage at Cumberland Island and anchored around 2pm. It was overcast by the time we anchored so not so cozy in the sunroom. Earlier it was sunny and warm in and out of the sun room. Lovely morning weatherwise. We had misadventure. We had hardly been going a half an hour when our hot engine alarm squalled. We immediately dropped anchor. We looked at strainers and they were not clogged so Lee called Richard Truett. He suggested a few things and Lee soon found the belt that turns the water pump that runs water thru the engine to cool it had snapped in two. Luckily we had an extra on board and he replaced the belt and let the engine cool a while and we were underway again. Shortly after that our bilge pump kept running and running. This happened last winter also. Lee turned it off and we are running it periodically manually. It continued to get cooler in the afternoon and during the night we should see the last of the 60s for over a week.
High wind predictions and morning rain are keeping Journey at the dock in Jekeyll Island Saturday and Sunday. We will decide tomorrow when rain is over what we will do. We are only 6 miles or so from Fernandino FL where we can dock or pick up a mooring ball. We really have some rocking and rolling this evening.
Jan 15, 2016 Saturday
Cumberland Island
FL
We came to the anchorage at Cumberland Island and anchored around 2pm. It was overcast by the time we anchored so not so cozy in the sunroom. Earlier it was sunny and warm in and out of the sun room. Lovely morning weatherwise. We had misadventure. We had hardly been going a half an hour when our hot engine alarm squalled. We immediately dropped anchor. We looked at strainers and they were not clogged so Lee called Richard Truett. He suggested a few things and Lee soon found the belt that turns the water pump that runs water thru the engine to cool it had snapped in two. Luckily we had an extra on board and he replaced the belt and let the engine cool a while and we were underway again. Shortly after that our bilge pump kept running and running. This happened last winter also. Lee turned it off and we are running it periodically manually. It continued to get cooler in the afternoon and during the night we should see the last of the 60s for over a week.
High wind predictions and morning rain are keeping Journey at the dock in Jekeyll Island Saturday and Sunday. We will decide tomorrow when rain is over what we will do. We are only 6 miles or so from Fernandino FL where we can dock or pick up a mooring ball. We really have some rocking and rolling this evening.
Friday, January 15, 2016
A Day Staying Put
Day 14
Jan 15, 2016
Fri
ICW 698mm
We woke up to rain but never heard the thundershowers called for.
The rain stopped about noon and the sky got blue. We thought about going on to Cumberland Island but the wind was really kicking up and there was no hurry to get there anyway. We slept late ate a big breakfast and jumped into some chores on the boat.
The wind would go from 0 to 30+ mph every 10 minutes. Could not decide if it was going to blow or not. The clear blue sky got the solar cells going and the wind had the wind generator wound up charging everything nicely. The sunroom got almost hot and the cabin in the high 60s. Tonight should be mild and tomorrow sunny and good day to travel the remaining 15 miles to our destination. We expect Journey to show up late Sat or Sunday for sure. Next stop FL.
Jan 15, 2016
Fri
ICW 698mm
We woke up to rain but never heard the thundershowers called for.
The rain stopped about noon and the sky got blue. We thought about going on to Cumberland Island but the wind was really kicking up and there was no hurry to get there anyway. We slept late ate a big breakfast and jumped into some chores on the boat.
The wind would go from 0 to 30+ mph every 10 minutes. Could not decide if it was going to blow or not. The clear blue sky got the solar cells going and the wind had the wind generator wound up charging everything nicely. The sunroom got almost hot and the cabin in the high 60s. Tonight should be mild and tomorrow sunny and good day to travel the remaining 15 miles to our destination. We expect Journey to show up late Sat or Sunday for sure. Next stop FL.
Moving On
Day 13
Jan 14, 2016 Thursday
ICW MM 698
We traveled about 55 miles and had friendly tides. We were moving at 8 & 9 mph at times. It was overcast so not so warm but not uncomfortably cold either. We found an anchorage right off the waterway to spend the night and weather the heavy rain predicted for the predawn and morning hours on Fri.
Lee thinks we have a leak somewhere in the fresh water system. Tomorrow if we decide to stay put we may do maintenance stuff and cleaning up. We hope to go on in the afternoon but time will tell. We are about 15 miles from Cumberland Is and the FL/GA border and where we plan to meet Stricklands on Journey.
Jan 14, 2016 Thursday
ICW MM 698
We traveled about 55 miles and had friendly tides. We were moving at 8 & 9 mph at times. It was overcast so not so warm but not uncomfortably cold either. We found an anchorage right off the waterway to spend the night and weather the heavy rain predicted for the predawn and morning hours on Fri.
Lee thinks we have a leak somewhere in the fresh water system. Tomorrow if we decide to stay put we may do maintenance stuff and cleaning up. We hope to go on in the afternoon but time will tell. We are about 15 miles from Cumberland Is and the FL/GA border and where we plan to meet Stricklands on Journey.
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Solo Travel
Day 12
Jan 13, 2016
Wednesday
Isle of Hope to MM
The decision was made that we would travel on and wait down the ICW for Journey. She needed some more work before she moved on. We made about 53 miles today. It was a cold morning and will be a cold night but the day is sunny and warm in our cockpit.
We passed across Moon River and I could not resist singing, we passed in style today. It was made famous by Andy Williams. And yes it was this Moon River the song was about. We are seeing lots of beautiful scenery and birds galore and found a lovely protected anchorage with lots of room and good depth. We were joined by several boats but plenty of room for all. It was a calm windless night. Our plan is Jekeyll Is. for Thur night.
Jan 13, 2016
Wednesday
Isle of Hope to MM
The decision was made that we would travel on and wait down the ICW for Journey. She needed some more work before she moved on. We made about 53 miles today. It was a cold morning and will be a cold night but the day is sunny and warm in our cockpit.
We passed across Moon River and I could not resist singing, we passed in style today. It was made famous by Andy Williams. And yes it was this Moon River the song was about. We are seeing lots of beautiful scenery and birds galore and found a lovely protected anchorage with lots of room and good depth. We were joined by several boats but plenty of room for all. It was a calm windless night. Our plan is Jekeyll Is. for Thur night.
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