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These are all the Blogs posted on Tuesday, 11 April, 2023.
FL to CT Day 11
Palm Coast, FL to Jacksonville, FL
We were up and underway early... pulling the anchor just before sunrise at 0700. We had a great evening with Sarah and Phil... was so great catching up with them... had been a couple of years since we last saw them.

Today's weather was very similar to yesterday... winds 20-30 knots and rain... but far less rain.

Boat traffic was way up with tons of cruisers heading north... must have had 10-12 pass us heading north... only handful of southbound boats.

We started off with a great boost from the current that carried us a few miles south of St. Augustine where lost the boots until after the St. Augustine Inlet and it was back pushing us over 8 knots... short lived though as we were at the top of the flood tide. We ran against it until Jacksonville Inlet and the St. John's River.

The wind had become brutal at almost 30 knots steady... we headed up the ICW after crossing the St. John's River... I was expecting to get a favorable current... but we got just the opposite... very strong wind and current against us... we had planned to stop in Fernandina Beach today but decided to call it day with the wind and current against us. We continued up the ICW to Sisters' Creek with fingers crossed there would be an open space on the Sister's Creek Free Dock.

Luckily there was one spot left... 6 other boats already docked for the day... 3 sailboats and 3 power boats. We arrived at approximately 1445 and we were securely docked at approximately 1500... our position for the night N30°23.892', W081°27.513’. We traveled today for 8 hours covering 55.2 nautical miles averaging 6.9 knots.
Posted at 7:37 PM by:Jay
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