Total: 2162.4 miles, 337.1
hours
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| B & B Shrimp Co |
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| Our view this morning to the East |
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| Views up and down Mosquito Creek |
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| A dredge train heading south |
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| MV WISHING STAR |
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| SV FATE passing close on our starboard! |
We were underway by 8:40 am. It is a pretty ride, but I opted to get more written for the blog and if possible process the current photos. While we traveled, there were a number of interesting vessels that Pete pointed out. One was a dredging train. For this one, the load was split between two tugs. I don’t know why there are no “Securite’s” announced for these large floats. We also saw a barge with cement pipe exchanges and a beautiful old Trumphy, MV WISHING STAR. We were passed midway in our day by a SV FATE, a Benteau 53, which passed quite close to our starboard. He then called to us to suggest we change out our engine impeller, as our engine was emitting steam. Rather than be annoyed at his close pass, we were thankful for his concern.
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| Marker with a gauge, but it doesn't match PEKABU's readings! |
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| Approaching Elliott Cut |
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| Homes along the ICW |
There is a
private yacht that must be close to 250 feet, one of the American Cruise Line
ships, a large red sloop that was here when we passed last time and hundreds of
other boats.
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| Cruise Liner AMERICAN STAR departing at sunset from City Marina Megadock |
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| Heading back at the end of a beautiful day |
Sunday 4/22 – Pete went up to
meet the Uber driver at 8:40 so he could be at Enterprise when they opened at
9. As they were opening, Pete commented
“The early worm gets the Vet, right?”
They enjoyed the laugh, but we still received our Ford Fusion, a basic,
noisy and not very comfortable rental that meets our needs. Bailey and I met
him in the parking lot and we were off to Brunswick to retrieve the car.
Deb and Hugh asked that we
stop by once we get down there. With the
storm predicted for tomorrow, they decided to bike ride over and tour Jekyll
Island. We are sorry we missed them, but
I know we will be seeing them soon. A
quick glance at the marina and we saw that the motor cat, BONEFISH, had
returned Brunswick. I hope the return
was planned and not necessary.
This road trip, thankfully, was
uneventful, with only one traffic delay on our return trip. Our detour enabled us to fill up and rejoin
into the same group of cars, who continued through the delay.
Once approaching Charleston,
Pete continued on, in the rental, back to the boat. I stopped at West Marine and
Harris Teeter for last minute provisions. Once back at the boat, I pulled apart
my food locker and reorganized. About a
month ago I reorganized, thinking I had a better system. The new system turned out to be a disaster. I
could not find certain items, hence I now have extras of those. That is not usually a problem, EXCEPT when
space is very limited. I have used the KEEP
App on my phone. It has a list function which enables me to check off
things, but maintains them, greyed-out at the bottom of the list. It is super for grocery and now inventory
lists.
Pete took the time to
replace the impeller for the engine. He
had recently bought the tool to expedite the procedure. It worked perfectly and
once he started the engine, viola! No more excess steam from the engine exhaust! He also checked the antifreeze. Unfortunately, it is once again slightly
lower than desired. He will check the
new water heater to make sure a leak is not coming from any of the connections.
As he was replacing the engine cover in the main salon, Pete lost his balance,
and fell backwards about a foot. No damage to his head or torso, but in the process, he
twisted his right knee and saw stars.
This is the knee that needs replacement and does not flex as it did
during the fall. The immediate Advil, no weight, elevation and ice pack made a
big difference, but it will be sore for a while.
On a fun note, Pete sent info to the kids on
our rather large dock mate, MY ELYSIAN. She is a 253-foot Feadship yacht, worth
about $90 million. She has 6 guest suits, a gym, as massage room with sauna and
steam room, pool with cascading water fall, helipad, and 5 crew quarters for 20 crew members. She is owned by the owner of the Red Sox's. We have seen members of the crew dressed in
official, black, cruise uniforms walking on the dock. It is amazing the information that can be found
on the web. There was even a photo of
the owner, who I had earlier passed on the dock and said, “Good morning!”
After dinner, I got things
ready for a 4 am departure so we can continue to stage our car to River Dunes,
NC, tomorrow.
About the same time, the
boat started to rock. The winds are increasing to about 15-18 E-ESE, in front
of the storm. Bailey was walked before any
of the rain arrived. It has skirted around us for most of the evening, but we
won’t be that lucky for long.
3:30 am comes quickly so I’ll
say, “good night!”
Monday, 4/23 – We were in bed by
9:40 last night. Unfortunately, the
winds continued to build, and we were hobby-horsing well past 2 am. Bailey could not find a comfortable spot and
kept walking around the cabin in search of one. I kept hearing the water
slosh/bang in the water tanks as well as the stern and bow slam into the waves.
Around 2:30 am, Pete commented that the winds were gusting to 35 mph. Though they are supposed to lessen somewhat
over the next hour, winds for tomorrow will continue in the low 20s though most
of the day with higher gusts. With the boat on the Megadock,
there is little protection. We will be
staying on board for today and moving the car on Tuesday instead. The winds
must have shifted and lessened shortly thereafter. I finally got to sleep until after 3. We had the foresight to turn off the alarms
scheduled for 3:30 am!
Pete woke around 8:10 this
morning, checked the weather radar and managed to get most of Bailey’s walk in
before the rains started again. As the morning progressed, the winds began to
build again, the boat began to rock, but Bailey appeared OK for the moment.
Pete was busy for a most of the
day with work, while I worked on posting to the blog. The internet has been undependable, but I am
determined.
Gusts increased around
2 pm to 36 mph and fog began to roll in. How can it when there are such strong
winds!?! We are back to experiencing
lots of hobby-horsing. When Pete stuck his head up to check, he noticed that
the Northwestern Trawler in front of us has broken its swim platform. With each wave, it is flapping as the supports
have pulled out and the swim ladder was eventually lost. Pete donned his rain gear and went over to
help. She was all for Pete coming aboard
and helping as they now have water coming in down below from where things have torn
off the transom, but he stated dangers of trying to board in these waves (1-2
feet here at the dock) and damaging his side door for boarding. He was even opposed to Pete’s suggestion for
securing the platform. Pete eventually
returned, soaked to the skin, while the platform on the other boat continues to
disintegrate. He had hoped to get into the starboard aft locker to check the
heater connections, however, with the wave actions in the gusts that increased to
40 mph, the waves are washing into the cockpit from the transom. With any luck, there will be time once we
return from River Dunes tomorrow
Well, I need to prepare
dinner and reorganize again for our 4 am departure tomorrow morning. Thankfully, the car rental and the marina
allowed the one-day extension.
At least temporarily,
I am all caught up!!! Hopefully, I will be more current for the rest
of the cruise. We’ll see. . . .
~ ~ ~ /) ~ ~ K & P
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