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| Typical powerboat for the area - they docked and took on fuel - I wonder how much? |
It is gradually getting warming down here. After all, it’s supposed to be warm in Florida this time of the year? It barely got over 70 today. There was more entertainment from the Dockmaster crew in placing boats in impossible docks. If you take a look at yesterday’s post, you’ll see that a sailboat could not make the turn with a following tide pushing him away from a bow in starboard to dock. Well, today a 60 ft powerboat was assigned the same slip under the same conditions. Guess what, after three tries he gave up and motored back past the dockhouse and asked for a different slip.
If you must come in with the tide behind you at St Augustine on the south side of dock B, then you must dock port side to the slip. That way, the current, which comes in at an angle, will push you into your slip. The 60 ft powerboat returned and took a dock on his port side, no problem. If you dock at St Augustine with the tide behind you. Study the chart I published in yesterday’s post and chose the dock yourself. Do not take a dock with the tide behind you that pushes you away from your slip.
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| The street turned walkway is a nice touch for St Augustine |
Meanwhile, we took a walk down St George street, a pedestrian walkway which is one of the attractions of St Augustine. It’s full of small shops and places to eat. We indulged in a cinnamon bun for breakfast tomorrow morning.
It’s about a seven hour ride to Bethune Park, our anchorage for Thursday. We’ll see how Ft Matanzas dredging is coming along and report back.
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