Jekyll Island Marina; Tomorrow Anchorage in Duplin River

At 7 a.m., Bum's Rest called to say they were on their way. We were running a bit late this morning. Chuck had just finished dumping a jerry jug of fuel into our tank and still had both anchors out and they were dug in. So we were another 30 minutes getting them up and stayed about a half hour behind them all day.

I marked our location on the charts and went down below to make breakfast.

 We went through several more bridges today, including twin bridges, followed by a swing railroad bridge. I took this photo for grandsons Nick and Jeremy, who are into trains.

The temperature was 65 degrees. Winds were 11 knots from the North. We motored at 2900 rpms. SOG was 5.1 knots. The high temperature of the day was 73. It was a sweatshirt day...when you're moving, it's cold on the water at that temp!

We motored through the Amelia River. We saw a school of dolphins right before Fernandina Beach. We left Florida and changed chartbooks. Cumberland Sound had four sets of range markers for big ships going to King's Bay Naval Base.

Later in the day the winds increased, first to 18 knots, then as we entered St. Andrew Sound to Jekyll Sound, it was choppy with 23 knots of wind.  We crossed into the outer edge of the ocean inlet and it was rough.

Winds decreased to 19 knots, but the current was against us, so we were losing speed. At one point, SOW was 7.4 knots, but SOG was only 5.0.

We pulled into Jekyll Island Marina and fueled up the tank, the jerry jugs and pumped out. We're on a T dock right near the bridge.

We walked up to the Jekyll Island Museum, where many of the nation's wealthiest families owned vacation homes in the late 1800s.

This is the Moss Cottage.

Low tide here is really low. There's about a 5+ ft. difference in tides. These boats are sitting on the mud!

We went back to the marina, put the dogs on the boats and went to dinner at Sea Jay's here. I had the low country boil (steamed shrimp, sausage, corn-on-the-cob, red potatoes and cole slaw). Chuck had BBQ scallops. We went there in November to celebrate Chuck's birthday and enjoyed our meal.

Sheet Music is wearing a "mustache" from cruising (see all the dirt on the bottom of the bow?)

Tomorrow: An anchorage in Duplin River. Tuesday: Savannah!