This morning I woke to my morning ritual…..5:30 wake up. Coffee. Morning trip to the head. Then pour over weather and tide information. Our goal today was Lanier Island, Georgia – 85 miles……at 8knots that’s about 10 3/4 hours of travel in ten hours of daylight. We needed to pass through Hells Gate well before high tide at 10:24am.
We cast lines off at 7:30 and headed out and made the Gate by 9:00. Plenty of water (though we did find several areas of 12′ water depth which meant at low tide we would not have been able to make it through). Glad we waited for a rising tide.
The rest of the day was just long. We fought currents and tides most of the day. Susan’s seagulls were back in force.
One of Susan’s favorite picture of Mike and I in the pilot house. Me at the wheel and Mike on a step stool to see over the fenders on the foredeck.
We made Morningstar Marina at about 5:00. Enjoyed the sunset.
