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These are all the Blogs posted on Tuesday, 5 April, 2022.
FL to CT Day 17
Fernandina Beach, FL to Duplin River, GA
Alarm went off at 0630... needed to get a little fuel this morning at Fernandina Harbour Marina before we continue north... there fuel dock opens at 0800 so not a big rush to get underway as we were only 1000 yards off the fuel dock on the mooring ball.

Dropped the mooring line at 0745 and idled over to the fuel dock and tied up... There was a dock guy there opening the fuel dock office up... few minutes after 0800 he handed me the fuel nozzle... put approximately 100 gallons in each tank.... Should have started with the tank away from the dock so I could of seen the pump... got exactly 100 gallons in the starboard tank as I could see the pump and stop at 100 gallons... I asked the dock guy to watch the pump for me on the port tank for 100 gallons... it seemed like it was taking a long time to reach 100 gallons and I had not heard any status reports from the dock guy... I stopped and walked over to where I could see the pump.... 107 gallons... so we put 207 gallons in total instead of 200 as I had planned... 7 gallons more was no big deal but at $5.949 per gallon it’s $40 more... We only wanted the 200 to get us to the Carolinas where fuel is not $6 per gallon... still a few places less than $4.00 per gallon... that’s a big difference in cost when you’re filling up SAILS.

Finished fueling and away from the dock at 0830 and headed north on the ICW... we would be in Georgia today... had plans to go to Walburg Creek today and anchor but there was a strong weather system coming across the area and we would need good protection from it... decided to go as far as the Duplin River and anchor... good protection from all directions.

Today was very windy... winds all day were SSE 20 to 25 knots with gusts to over 30 knots... St. Andrews sound was a little lumpy with 2 to 4 foot seas as we crossed it... the ICW and other areas had a moderate chop... back and forth with current in our favor and against us but overall felt like it was more in our favor.

The weather system was not supposed to hit us until around 2000 but we started getting a few bands of rain from it around 1600... during the rain bands the winds almost stopped... less than 10 knots... once the rain stopped winds were back to over 25 knots... CRAZY!

We arrived at the Duplin River at approximately 1630 and at 1645 we were secure at anchor in 15 feet of water. Our position for the night is N31°25.485’, W081°17.714'. We traveled today for 8.5 hours covering 59.0 nautical miles averaging 6.95 knots.
Posted at 5:34 PM by:Jay
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