Crescent River anchorage - at anchorage

We were on the inside, the side towards shore at Jekyll Marina

 The forecast from last night predicted rain and thunderstorms today but when we got up this morning, the forecast had changed to no rain. So with much joy, we pushed off from Jekyll to once again head north. It was a drain tide last night and we found only 4.5 feet in our slip but 7.5 feet directly behind us towards shore. When we left, it was several hours after low tide and we had plenty of water, over 10 feet. 

Hollie’s beach is at the far left. R156 is the red marker in the photo.

However, there’s not a lot of room for a 42 ft sailboat to turn around so we decided to just back out to the channel. Our Beneteau 423 backs up very well so it was no problem. The big news today was going through Jekyll and Little Mud River. We had tide with us so no problem even though we saw 6.8 MLLW through Jekyll and 4.5 MLLW through Mud River. 

We’re anchored in the Crescent River anchorage which is one of our favorites due to a lot of space for anchoring and a nearby sandy beach for Hoolie relief, a requirement for all our anchorages. We’re headed for Kilkenny Marina on Tuesday and then on to Windmill Harbor. It’s been a nice trip north so far.