Tuesday, January 30, 2007

 

Day 4: Doboy Sound to Thunderbolt, GA, 65 miles.



Since I'm writing this you know our anchor and chain held in 5 knot current and 30 mph winds. Trouble is it took all the three of us could do this morning to get the sucker back in the boat. If had to do it twice I'd cut the line. Naturally, that idiot Scooter was no help.

That morning I loaded Scooter up in the tender for another poop run. He does a good job getting in and out of the tender with some shouted incouragement, "Get in the boat you frigging dumbo eared dog."

I put on 3 pair of sock, long johns, blue jeans, rain pants, nylon shirt, poly pro shirt, cotton shirt, fleece jacket, rain jacket, watch cap, bakalava and two pair of gloves. All this just for bed. Trust me, the cabin of this boat, inspite of running the generator and two ceramic heaters all night, never got above 55F.

Then later in the day she warmed up and we had a nice ride down to Thunderbolt, a suburb of Savanna, Ga. We reprogrammed the auto pilot for the Miami Stars' steering system and it worked much better today. Also encouraged by the generator which ran fine from 9:00 PM till 7:30 AM after the fuel filter change the night before.

Thunderbolt Marina is a impressive facility. They work on mega yachts and currently have a sloop rigged sailboat that is 150 feet long in their barn being rigged out for an Italian company.
Tonight we ate at Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster Barn owned by Paula Dean. If you don't know who Paula Dean is turn on the food channel. Their food was very good if you're into fried stuff. My salad and baked potato were great.

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