Month: June 2023

First time to Savannah GA downtown!

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Approaching downtown’s waterfront.

A pleasant surprise: Shore Power for A/C on the last day in June. (Both 30Amp & 50Amp receptacles.) This area of town is described as the John P Rousakis Riverfront Plaza (East).

While WWG shows a “free dock” across the way, there do not appear to be any docks there to tie up. Perhaps there are cleats atop the wall; we are just not sure.
Of course we had to hang our bunting for the long July 4 weekend! All the foot traffic here on the riverfront appreciated it!
Some big boys come through this town… we need to get a loud deep frequency horn like they have!

I took an Uber ride to do some banking and more provisioning… what a sweet and beautiful city!

I found this sign… first THREE hours are free. Thereafter, it is $1.50 per foot for a 24 hour period. (Evidently, shore power is included.)

But:

Today Shelly and I walked up to the Bryan St Parking Garage, the attendant had no idea what we were talking about! “Dock fee? We don’t take money for that!” FYI: I never argue with people who do not want to take my money!

So, I guess we can afford a second dinner out on this fine town!

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A third big boy passes by.

Time to go out for some dinner!

The two of us with our boat in the background!
Just across from the boat!

We are chowder connoisseurs. This our first Crabmeat Chowder. Excellent!

This brew was also excellent. Notice my glass is already empty. Our waitress “Jam” will take care of that!

The entrees were also delicious. Crabmeat stuffed flounder and Blackened Redfish. The sauces were both expertly crafted… and went well with their main show(s).

“Shelly” and our server “Jam”… ‘short for Jam’ LOL

Navigation Tip:

Heading north on the ICW to get to Savannah? FYI: this shortcut to the south side of Elba Island worked out perfectly well for us! Leave the ICW at mm 587.4 taking a left towards South Cannel and Elba Is. See blue arrow above.

The Elba Is bridge (covered up by the blue arrow) has 35 feet of vertical clearance.

Kilkenny Marina just a bit north of ICW mm 614 (GA)

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As the reviews all state: rustic + friendly. Reprovisioned with Instacart.com, ice, fresh water, etc. $2/ft dockage. $4.30 diesel. There IS fresh water at the dock. 30A&50A.
You may have to make several tries by telephone. VHF? Forgetaboutit! Not far off the ICW to see if they have room for ya.
This pic shows the “Marker 107” seafood restaurant a short walking distance from the Kilkenny Marina.
Good anchoring in Kilkenny River. Early departure for Savannah, in order to have some good tide water under our keel at Hells Gate / Racoon Key mm 601.8.

Cumberland Island GA

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We left FL waters today and anchored at the south end of Cumberland Island GA.
We have anchored here twice before, and we saw a submarine last time!
Interestingly, this shows the geographic limits of our yacht insurance. Note that from July1 to November 1 we have no coverage south of this island! So, it is nice to be here before the deadline in a few days.

https://shellerina.com/2022/11/14/submarine-passing-by-cumberland-island-anchorage/

More about this island’s history and notoriety:.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Island

A good Looper friend of ours, Sandy of Tipsy Turtle just went by aboard an excursion boat and she snapped this pic of Shellerina!

We are waiting for the tide to start coming in as we head north today. Some shallow water ahead, so having a foot or two of tide beneath us will help ensure a safe passage without hitting bottom. ICW in GA is tough that way.

Productive Day… Preparing for trip North!

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Found a home for our car when cruising out of town!

Car storage plan

Slip #18 in a gated storage yard.

Estate Plan finished

Oil and filter change on main engine

A couple of other minor projects…

A very productive day and weekend.

We have several good weather “travel days” or partial days to make it to Long Island to be with Nick and friends… likely to be early to mid August before we get there.

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