27 April 2021
Depart: Georgia - Wolf Island Anchorage 8:45
Arrive: South Carolina - Dolphin Head Anchorage 5:50
Distance: 75 nm
Conditions: Light breeze, Mostly sunny, 70s
With good conditions predicted, we opted to travel via the ocean again today. It was so calm in the anchorage that we were overwhelmed by tiny bugs on the upper helm. I was anxious to get underway to get a wind to blow them away. Clark said the bugs were all over the boat, and he could not avoid stepping on them as he walked up to pull up the anchor.
If we wanted to travel with the tide going out, we would have to wait a couple of hours to leave. Therefore, with no real choice, we pulled up anchor and fought the tide out into the ocean for today's travel. We had a slow ride. After an hour of "fighting" our way out, we finally turned north and picked up speed. The bugs were tenacious and refused to fly off.
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| Lighthouse at Doboy Island |
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| Full house at this marker - "no room at the inn"! |
We saw nothing of interest as we motored north. Still we had to stay vigilant on watching the water as one never knows what might show up as a surprise.
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| Ahoy! Sea Turtle Ahead! |
We actually had multiple turtles pass by the boat today. We have seen them before but until today never managed to capture even a poor picture of one.
Later, I noticed something in the water and leaned over to get a better look. I saw something I had not seen before -- hundreds of jellyfish swimming by. They just kept coming and coming all in a line.
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| Colorful, ringed jellyfish |
Besides some sea life, we saw some boats and ships in the distance but nothing nearby except one big ship.
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| 138' "La Sirena" heading south |
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| Big Ship near Savannah, GA |
We passed a number of inlets today - many of them not recommended for navigation without local knowledge. At noon, we passed yesterday's original target of St. Catherine's -- we would never have made it there yesterday! When we reached the Port Royal Inlet, we were about 7 nautical miles offshore, so it took over an hour to come in to a point where we could drop anchor.
Having checked the wind direction and weather conditions, Clark chose an anchorage that is not well protected but does allow relatively quick access to the ocean. In any but calm conditions, it would not be an anchorage of choice. Other than some steady, light rocking, as of the writing of this blog entry, it seemed quite acceptable for a night's stay.
Clark tried to capture one more picture of the "pink" moon tonight. It was difficult on a rocking boat.
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| "Pink" Moonshine |
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