Coquina Marina

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I have been running 10 or 11 hours a day since Fernandina beach. I bailed out to this marina because of thunderstorms tomorrow. There are only a few good anchorages I could have gotten to today and they are pretty small. I didn't want to be anchored close to other boats in 30 kt winds. I hope to leave early Monday morning and get to Wrightsville Beach, NC before dark. My brother is going to meet me there and run until where ever we are on Sat. This is the first marina I have been in since Fernandina. It was great to take a real shower. I think I was beginning to get a little gamey. I treated myself to a nice meal and few beers at the yacht club. Met a few people and traded sailing stories. The marina is very nice and only costs $41 a night.

Nothing very exciting happened on the way here. The weather has been great for a change. Sunny and warm. I think Georgia is my favorite state. Very isolated anchorages and vast marshland. I did hit rough water at St Andrews inlet coming into Gerogia. The bow burried itself and a wall of water came up the boat hit the dodger and drenched everything. I had slickers though so all the good stuff stayed dry. I thought after an hour of bouncing I would have to change the fuel filters again but the motor kept running. I got to pull out the jib a few times and saved a little fuel.

So far the shaft is making it, but the packing gland is leaking bad. I think it may make it all the way. The transmission is pounding into gear though. Boats @%#$^^%.

Tonight I don't have to get up twice to check the anchor swing and I can sleep late tomorrow morning and go get breakfast. I even have a few channels on hte TV tonight. Life is good.

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Comments

[Gil Carpenter]

Learned of your big adventure from Mike App. Its' been fun reading your blog. Have a safe and fun journey back to Hampton my friend. gil