Crescent River anchorage - at anchor

Hoolie has a high interest in this beach. He goes there three times a day.

We were against a facedock with the wind and current pushing us against it so we used the backing out technique described in my Guide. It works under all wind and wave conditions, easy. We had a long way to go, about 50 NM to reach Crescent River so we got an early start for us, at 8:00 am. 

So what do you do when you meet one of these guys in the middle of a narrow channel? 
(you get out of the way, maybe softly touching bottom)

Today included Hell Gate just south of Savannah and we saw 6 MLLW through there. In the spring it was 7 MLLW so it's filled in some. Now we had a strong north wind so it could have resulted in less water than normal since that wind directly will blow water out. 

Sarah was the cook tonight! Yummm. 

It is very hard to figure current since you pass by so many inlets. Sometimes it's with you and sometimes it's against you. All told, we averaged our cruising boat speed - it all evened out. We took a long day (50 NM) so we could read Jekyll by Wednesday. There's a front coming through on Thursday with high winds and a 100% chance of rain, heavy at times. We wanted to be snug in a marina for that event. 

A peaceful sunset a the Crescent River anchorage

We hope to make Fernandina on Friday so we can eat out at Pepper's, one of our favorite restaurants. It will just be a one night stay there, then it's on to the Jacksonville free dock.