And Back to the Chesapeake – Day 12

What is it they say about best laid plans?  Last night we anchored off of Amelia Island Fl. Just south of Fernandina Beach.  With the winds expected to pick up later in the day, the plan was to head out early, cover the 45 miles or so to Brunswick Ga., and get tied up before the winds started in earnest, all by lunch time.  Well, when I woke up, the room was spinning quite rapidly, and I could barely get out of bed to use the bathroom.  When I stood up I started to feel really nauseous.  So I laid back down for a little bit, but things didn’t seem to get much better at first, all I could do is lay there and moan, breaking into a sweat, like you get when you feel really sick.  I thought great, we are going to have to stay here for three days and get pounded by the wind in a relatively unprotected anchorage while I lay here and get sick.  About 45 minutes later I could get up and get dressed, but that was about it.  I had to sit down and rest when the room started to spin again.  I sat on the couch for a bit while Rick drank his coffee, and for some reason I started to get sick in my stomach so I headed for the bathroom, did what I had to do, and sat back down on the couch with my eyes closed.  Eventually I started to feel well enough to get started, but it was after 8:00, the plan was to be underway by 7:00.  For the longest time I just didn’t feel right, not 100%, maybe 85%, but nonetheless we pushed on. 

After a short while, a really short while, we went down and operated at the lower helm.  The wind was already blowing really hard, plus, the air was a little chilly.  By the time we hit Jekyll inlet and sound, the wind was howling across the water with some intensity raising quite a chop and waves.  Since we were headed almost directly into it, the boat motion wasn’t that bad, just a lot of up and down, like a carousel horse. Here is a short video crossing the sound.  Watch the horizon going up and down to get some idea of the motion.  All the water you see on the windshield was from the spray coming up.

Eventually we made it to Brunswick Landing.  We got tied up with some help from the dock person and another boat owner on the dock about 1:45, later than the plan, but all things considered not too bad. We got settled made a sandwich and headed down to the Yacht Club so Rick could have some beer with lunch and we watched a little TV.  Now we are comfortable here, having been here before we know the routine.  Tomorrow will be laundry day and maybe a few miscellaneous things on board, like cleaning. 

Today we traveled 45.4 miles for a total of 470.4 miles.  The trip took 5hrs 32mins. 

   

So here we will stay for a three nights, hopefully getting back on the water Wednesday.

Until then boys and girls…..

P.S. Hi Tyler