We were conflicted about how to handle the next leg of our cruise. We had heard lots of recent complaints and reports about the shallow water in Georgia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Georgia budget for keeping the ICW open and dredged was underfunded this year and little work was done to keep the ICW channel open through some of the "skinniest" water of the ICW. The weather forecast wasn't ideal but wasn't too discouraging, so we decided to take the outside route and headed out for the Atlantic along St. Mary's inlet. The inlet is a long one and we rolled in the 2-4 foot swells for almost five miles before we could head north. When we finally headed north we found we were pitching continually in the rolling waves and facing a counter current that combined to reduce our forward speed to less than 2 nautical miles per hour. After a few minutes we realized we had made a mistake and headed back toward the inlet, back into the channel, and back to the ICW.
We passed the south end of Cumberland Island about three hours after we had departed and continued past the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay under the watchful eyes of the Homeland Security patrol boat. Kings Bay is one of the homeports of the US Navy Trident submarine fleet which are the platforms for the nuclear sea launched ballistic missile and sea launched cruise missile weapon systems.
We arrived at the Jekyll Harbor Marina in the late afternoon and
took a berth along the north end of the large face dock where we spent the next two nights. At least the adverse weather each day ended in a spectacular sunset.
The following day Joe walked along the bike paths on the south
end of Jekyll Island to enjoy the scenery and look for the "Glory Dock" where the final battle scenes of the movie Glory were shot. It was a cool day and the wind continued blowing from the north so we remained at the Jekyll Harbor Marina for another day to let the wind diminish and shift around to the south. At least we got to sample a little of the scenery of another picturesque Georgia barrier island.
We passed the south end of Cumberland Island about three hours after we had departed and continued past the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay under the watchful eyes of the Homeland Security patrol boat. Kings Bay is one of the homeports of the US Navy Trident submarine fleet which are the platforms for the nuclear sea launched ballistic missile and sea launched cruise missile weapon systems.
We arrived at the Jekyll Harbor Marina in the late afternoon and 
took a berth along the north end of the large face dock where we spent the next two nights. At least the adverse weather each day ended in a spectacular sunset.
The following day Joe walked along the bike paths on the south 
end of Jekyll Island to enjoy the scenery and look for the "Glory Dock" where the final battle scenes of the movie Glory were shot. It was a cool day and the wind continued blowing from the north so we remained at the Jekyll Harbor Marina for another day to let the wind diminish and shift around to the south. At least we got to sample a little of the scenery of another picturesque Georgia barrier island.
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