Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Day one: St. Marys, GA to Jacksonville Beach, Fl; 35 miles
Paddy, his friend Eric, Scooter and I finally got going on our much awaited sailing trip. Naturally, it final turned winter here and was cold as hell. We looked like fat colorful snowmen by the end of the day. This is the defination of insanity.
Leaving the dock at St Marys was a circus. You should have seen my face when we were 50 feet from the dock and a knot in one of our dock lines caught in a cleet pulling us up short. After 3 tries we finally got all the docklines and Scooter on-board [after the first insident getting Scooter to go intailed lock him up below deck].
We were going to save money by anchoring out in Jacksonville but ran a ground and threw in the towel. good thing because it got down to 40F here last night and being plugged into the dock was a big bonus.
After dinner and drinks at the seafood shack here at the marina we solved the immagration problem with Mexico. Give them New Mexico, Arizonia, Southern California and West Texas. In six months you can go to Phoenix but won't be able to drink the water. But.....think of all those cheap trinkets and booze.
Leaving the dock at St Marys was a circus. You should have seen my face when we were 50 feet from the dock and a knot in one of our dock lines caught in a cleet pulling us up short. After 3 tries we finally got all the docklines and Scooter on-board [after the first insident getting Scooter to go intailed lock him up below deck].
We were going to save money by anchoring out in Jacksonville but ran a ground and threw in the towel. good thing because it got down to 40F here last night and being plugged into the dock was a big bonus.
After dinner and drinks at the seafood shack here at the marina we solved the immagration problem with Mexico. Give them New Mexico, Arizonia, Southern California and West Texas. In six months you can go to Phoenix but won't be able to drink the water. But.....think of all those cheap trinkets and booze.
