Flutterby is still happily hurrying down South for the winter. Today we made it out of Georgia, and I only touched bottom once. I even managed to keep plowing the bottom until I was back on course, no damage done.
Now that the narrow twisting waters of the Georgia ICW are passed, we are ready to feel at home in warm sunny Florida. But it took a hint from us wanting to feel at home. Err. Oops. We ARE from the Pacific Northwest. So this is how sunny Florida welcomed us!
Yay! Shorts weather here you two come! Fernandina Beach was a great stop and where we finally went “ahhhhh”! The fog is only an illusion. Merry Christmas! Happy sailing!
Excellent! And I’m moving aboard Nomadness on January 1… looking forward to a boat-centric life…
Remember that cocktail with rum in it? It’s called a fog-cutter.
It certainly looks like the Pacific Northwest to me, but I only know that area from pictures and descriptions. I’ve never seen Florida look like that, but I’ve only been there in summer.
yaayy more boaty people welcome to sunny florida – all the people here we ask are saying they need the rain – so why cant it rain at night !
I think I know where you did that one, too. We met a tug pushing a barge on our way north. We crowded the starboard side of the channel and passed within 10 feet of the barge port to port. When I looked back after we were clear, the barge’s front end (not really a “bow”) was stuck on the shoal. Press on regardless!
You only thought you were in Florida. Maybe you found a new shortcut to Puget Sound.
taj
Steve, welcome to the club–the transition can suck at times, but it *IS* worth it.
Thanks, Barry. It’s not easy at all, and I know the physical move is going to be challenging… if only because of the space-compression. At least the transition includes some time with the mobile lab…