Brunswick Landing Marina - at a dock

 

Fleetwing’s home for the summer is behind the sailboats 

Storms were predicted for the afternoon but the morning was to be fair with light winds but what winds there were blew us against the docks at Jekyll. We had to go forward to depart but there was another sailboat about five feet off our bow. We couldn’t pull out usual backing out routine since we had an enormous power boat about 5 feet behind us that looked very wide. 

It’s looong way to the clubhouse, about 1/2 mile (not visible in the photo).

So, I put a fender by the aft section, tied a line to a forward cleat and led it back to the aft most cleat on Fleetwing and had Ann put it in reverse. We were working against wind and current that was pushing us into the dock but slowly and steadily, Fleetwing’s bow swung out. At about a 30 degree angle, Ann switched to forward, gunned it, and the dockhands slipped off the line we were backing on - and we were off without incident. 

The trip through Jekyll Creek was not a problem. I saw 5.0 MLLW at the shallowest point following the Bob423 track. So many people follow the track that now it’s the same path using Navionics SonarChart. 

Arriving at Brunswick Landing Marina, we at the extreme far end, next to the travel lift. We have to wait for our car to be driven south and that’s not until Friday so we have lots of time to prepare Fleetwing for summer storage. However, it’s a half mile walk to the marina where the laundromat is located. We may do without for the duration. For now, it’s time for some quiet time for me to recover and then getting the boat ready for haul out.