Saturday, November 24, 2012

Short Hop Outside


Short Hop Outside   ...   Saturday 24th November 2012

We went back and forth on our views about outside vs. inside for today.  Outside would be longer.  Inside would be dull.  Finally it was the thought that we were forgetting what to do with those large white sheet-like things that pushed us into going outside.  We set off before 9 am.  Before getting to the inlet channel we put up the mainsail. We carried on east through the channel finally turning south once we were well past the breakwater.  The wind seemed fairly strong.  The following sea was mostly okay with an occasional patch of noticeably bigger waves.  As the morning progressed the wind seemed to ease and we were forced to unfurl the genoa to maintain a decent speed.  It seemed that the swells were worse the slower the boat went so maintaining speed was a priority.  After about fours hours we turned to enter the St. John’s River inlet. 
Shortly after entering, Mike pointed out a place where he thought we could anchor, off the side of the channel.  I wasn’t too taken with it; it’s not in the guidebooks and might have a lot of current and boat traffic.  As we carried on motoring up the river, a Canadian boat ahead of us circled back and anchored in Mike’s spot.  A further five miles up the river, we came to the listed anchorage.  Once the anchor was down, I could tell that the current was sweeping the boat in a very odd direction.  Then came a parade of small powerboats.  Slightly later we heard a very deep hooting noise and looked out to see a Carnival Cruise ship going by.  So this anchorage has lots of current and lots of boat traffic AND it’s five miles further out of our way for tomorrow.  What was I thinking…  

No photos tonight.

30 23 49.3 N, 81 30 25.6 W

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