Debbie Debriefed

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Hello friends. All is well. Our plan to leave Jacksonville and head further north worked well. We have a smooth, quiet trip out the St. John River and up the ICW yesterday. Just as we were catching a mooring ball the weather started to kick up. Winds and rain rocked the boat, the third night in a row but we were confident in our position.

That was until the Coast Guard brought in 6 large cruisers from the ocean and we thought maybe they were expecting the worst as Tropical Depression Debbie moved inland across Florida.

I have an interesting time also watching my AIS information. We have a neat system that shows large boats where we are and we can also see other boats that carry the same electronic identification system. I watched a struggling tug come in off the ocean, lose postion, swept backwrds in the inlet, regain control etc, quite a few times. A larger tug was waiting in the inlet to give assistance. Eventually they made it in safely and anchored upstream in a wider part of the ICW.

The wind kept blowing well into the afternoon so we got wet dinghy butts coming into the Municipal Marina. Fernandina Beach is a great town to stroll in, so we're having a quick review of a place we enjoyed in the past.

No time to transfer pics of wind and storm clouds, so here's a few from 2 years ago. The sun is shining gloriously now, the temperature and humidity are now civilized and Debbie Dear is just a stray memory.

Tomorrow we will move into Goeorgia. The waves are still high on the briney blue, so we will do the Georgia crawl through the shallow bits.

Thanks for your good wishes.

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Photos

Fernandina Beach
Municipal Marina...2 years ago.

Interesting Structure
Now turned into a great Mexican Restaurant

Comments

[Kathryn]

Glad you're safe
Now stay safe and out of the wind!