Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Day 13
Thursday, November 09, 2006
After taking on 114gals of fuel, we departed Hilton Head for Georgia. After just 3 hours into the trip we were already in Georgia. Our mission today was to find fresh fish somewhere along the way. Not to many ports of call on this strech of the ICW. Actually there were few homes, mostly rural. We saw lots of dolphins again and one was swimming on our wake. This time I left the helm, I wanted to see the dolphins up close.
We spotted a fishing boat along the way, a real big one too. We slowly approached them since they were not listening to their radio as we hailed. The fisherman were all in the back working the nets. Mario on the helm and I went to the Bow and asked the fisherman if they would trade fish for beer. They immedietly stopped the boat and said yes of course. I gave them a six pack of beer and they stuffed a 12 pack soda box full of fish and shrimp they just took of their nets. This was the freshest fish we’d ever had.
We started realizing the next marina was but 40 miles away and the sun was staring to go down, we may have to anchor out. At around 5:17pm we approached a mean low tide. This was no easy task. We decided if we hit bottom we will just anchor out and fry our fresh fish. Just as we were getting ready to put down the hook, we found a small boat club on the other side of the river. The problem was that to get to them was another 3 miles and the sun was setting. So with Yaisy on the bow, we slowly continued. I must admit, I didn't feel good about continuing in the dark in such a narrow and shallow river but we were getting closer and Yaisy was spotting the day markers with the spotlight and I was steering with the chart plotter. We finally made it to the marina way past dark. It was very exciting but scary at the same time. Been there, done that, but I won't do that again. The sunset was the most beautiful I have ever seen. Don't belive me?
After taking on 114gals of fuel, we departed Hilton Head for Georgia. After just 3 hours into the trip we were already in Georgia. Our mission today was to find fresh fish somewhere along the way. Not to many ports of call on this strech of the ICW. Actually there were few homes, mostly rural. We saw lots of dolphins again and one was swimming on our wake. This time I left the helm, I wanted to see the dolphins up close.
We spotted a fishing boat along the way, a real big one too. We slowly approached them since they were not listening to their radio as we hailed. The fisherman were all in the back working the nets. Mario on the helm and I went to the Bow and asked the fisherman if they would trade fish for beer. They immedietly stopped the boat and said yes of course. I gave them a six pack of beer and they stuffed a 12 pack soda box full of fish and shrimp they just took of their nets. This was the freshest fish we’d ever had.
We started realizing the next marina was but 40 miles away and the sun was staring to go down, we may have to anchor out. At around 5:17pm we approached a mean low tide. This was no easy task. We decided if we hit bottom we will just anchor out and fry our fresh fish. Just as we were getting ready to put down the hook, we found a small boat club on the other side of the river. The problem was that to get to them was another 3 miles and the sun was setting. So with Yaisy on the bow, we slowly continued. I must admit, I didn't feel good about continuing in the dark in such a narrow and shallow river but we were getting closer and Yaisy was spotting the day markers with the spotlight and I was steering with the chart plotter. We finally made it to the marina way past dark. It was very exciting but scary at the same time. Been there, done that, but I won't do that again. The sunset was the most beautiful I have ever seen. Don't belive me?
# posted by Mario Gonzalez @ 5:51 PM 
