Arrived here yesterday after 3 gold star days transiting the sounds, rivers and marshes of Georgia. The currents are strong and with 8' tides we have to plan our moves carefully. The chartplotter has a great program to allow us to predict currents and tides in advance - making the difference between 20 mile days and 50 mile days. We were kindly invited to spend a night ashore with Lori, Jim, Lou and Ward ( fellow sailors from our dock in Wiarton) in Hilton Head - a great stopover in the 6 bedroom house they had rented. Gust O'Wind will be moored here in Brunswick while we make our way home for Christmas - then we will resume our trip south early in January.
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