We left St. Augustine and started making our way towards Georgia. Once again the sea state was relatively calm. We stopped along the St. John River for the night as we had a few days before we needed to be in Brunswick. It was a long way from the inlet into the channel where we anchored for the night. This was a heavy commerical shipping lane so we got to see alot of larger vessels come and go.
There is a US Naval base onsite here as well so we saw alot of military action overhead.
We anchored at our destination, made a little dinner and nestled in for the night. Our anchor had a solid hold and we had plenty of water underneath our keel. Little did we know that at around midnight the generator would stop working which meant the air stopped working as well. It was super hot out and opening the windows did not provide any relief. We tried troubleshooting the issue but nothing seemed to work.
I think I got about 2.5 hours of sleep before daylight. We were both ready to get out of there so we pulled anchor before the sun came up. As we exited the channel we were met with a pretty cool sky but a very upset sea state.
Since we were without a generator, I called ahead to Brunswick to see if we could get into a slip earlier. The marina was able to accommodate us, so we were full steam ahead. It was not a pleasant ride in. Coming out of the inlet we were met with 4-to-7-foot swells. The dogs were given Dramamine to help them cope. I was at my wits end with having no rest and the continued drag of things being broken with the new boat.
It’s not everyday you get to see a submarine in the water so we were super surprised to come up on this one.
The journey into Brunswick Landing Marina was a long one. Coming up on the location reminded us alot of being back home in the MS Delta.
We made it to the marina just before they closed for the day. It had been a full 12 hours and we were tired and ready to call it a night. The dogs were happy to get off the boat to go potty. They did not get the opportunity to potty on land the night before or before we left. I ordered a pizza for dinner so neither of us had to do anything else for the night.
We got settled in and within minutes had our first dock guests! Sharon and Jon, friends of Dale’s stopped by to introduce themselves. We had a great visit with them and would catch up later with them more the next evening.