Last November we went outside from Port Royal (Beaufort SC) to St Marys
inlet and skipped past Georgia. It was a decent 24+ hour overnight. In the
spring we came up the ICW thru Georgia. Didn't want to miss Cumberland,
Savannah, Jekyll, etc. Also found St Marys, and Kilkenny Creek Marina to be
nice spots (..is that where they killed Kenny?). The week we spent there we
had the tide with us. Without the tide, we would have bumped more than once.
We draw 6'. In the spring with the longer days it's easier to catch the tide
than in the fall.

We bumped something hard in the Dismal swamp canal one time going each way.
Probably a log. The Dismal Swamp depth is a function of rain and dredging
operations. Mostly rain We also bumped in New Smyrna FL, and at a couple of
NC inlets. And finding creek entrances a couple of times. And a couple of
times we strayed from the ICW channel. And a couple of times in the
Chesapeake creeks. For all the gory details check out our trip web site at
http://www.djerickson.com

It was a wonderful trip and we loved it, bumps and all.

Dave Erickson
Apache 37 "Second Sojourn"



We went outside
"Leanne" wrote in message
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Port Royal Sea Buoy to St Augustine is about 30 hrs sea buoy to sea buoy.
I can't think of the mileage at the moment, but have had several friends
do it
in that time. I know my next trip south, I will go at least to Fernandina
(St Mary's River) outside.

Leanne
S/V Fundy
Port Royal, SC

"Rosalie B." wrote in message
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My husband came back from the marina and said the guy who used to be
across the dock from us told him that a) the ICW has shoaled so that
you can't use it anymore, particularly in GA and thus not from the
hurricane and b) that no one is allowed to anchor in the Dry Tortugas
anymore. I'm pretty sure my SIL went down there fairly recently.

What does anyone else know about this. Particularly

ICW in Norfolk
Dismal Swamp (which I've been told the Corps of Engineers is working
on)
Elizabeth City Docks
Alligator River
Belhaven
Oriental
Beaufort NC and Bogue Sound area

As a result, he is determined that we should go outside from
Charleston to Florida. I'm not very happy about doing that. I can
manage up to 18-22 hours, but not longer because we don't handle
sleeping in shifts well (him more than me) and I feel that our
judgements (both of us) will be impaired if we are short of sleep.
And I think it will take us longer than that to go from Charleston to
the St. Mary's River (just the ocean part is 145 nm, not counting
going out and coming in).

I've suggested instead Port Royal to St. Simons, which from marina to
marina is about 110 nm. and I think we could do that starting during
one day and arriving the next day.


grandma Rosalie