ICW; Florida to North Carolina

[Lynx]

St Mary's Ga
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Nice place to get out from the ICW for a while.

good, souther place to eat but a little pricy -
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A little farther North, Ocean View Marina, 3.5 knots current at fuel docks. Good food.
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Anchorage on the ICW, quite, 9 foot tides -
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Hogan's Marina. $ 10 for dinghy but everything is close by or you can use the free dock and walk across the bridge (the bridge is 34 feet at high tide, 9 foot tides -

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Touring the town -
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Lots of places to spend money, careful planning can be worth while -
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One of the cutaways in the ICW, Tide currents can be 2 knots and upt to 3.5. One section I heard was up to 6.5.
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[AdriftAtSea]

Just curious...how do you manage to get NINE FOOT TIDES in a place that far south.

[Lynx]

I really do not know why they have 9 foot tides. Best guess is marsh draining. I have seen a lot of it. Much better than dry. Maybe somebody from this area will let us know.

Holding is very good. Most people only use 1 anchor. In the narrower places I used bow and stern.

[CharlieJ]

 ;D

And remember - those tides happen twice a day

The Jacksonville Beach area, where I built my trimaran, has 5 to 7 foot tide range. From about Savannah Ga north to above Charleston SC, the tide range can well be 9 feet. I experienced 7 to 9 along there.

At the high rise bridge just south of the St John's river on the ICW, I've seen standing waves on a full outgoing tide that were 3 feet tall. In fact I caught my knot head kids out in our little 12 foot skiff, surfing the durned things one time.

[AdriftAtSea]

Charlie--

It is said that the apples do not fall far from the tree... :)

;D

And remember - those tides happen twice a day

The Jacksonville Beach area, where I built my trimaran, has 5 to 7 foot tide range. From about Savannah Ga north to above Charleston SC, the tide range can well be 9 feet. I experienced 7 to 9 along there.

At the high rise bridge just south of the St John's river on the ICW, I've seen standing waves on a full outgoing tide that were 3 feet tall. In fact I caught my knot head kids out in our little 12 foot skiff, surfing the durned things one time.

[CharlieJ]

 ;D ;D ;D

[Lynx]

You meet some interesting people in Georgetown, S.C.

[Tim]

Yep, they look guilty as heck  ;) ;D

[Frank]

That last pic reminds me of the movie "Twins"  ;D

[AdriftAtSea]

Except, neither is the good looking smart twin. :)

That last pic reminds me of the movie "Twins"  ;D

[CapnK]

Actually, just before the photo was taken, we were discussing quantum physics and chaos theory with the pair of Hawaiian Tropic bikini models (Miss Harvard and Miss Stanford) who took our picture  - and who later *begged* us to run off with them.

So there...  :P

[Tim]

Actually, just before the photo was taken, we were discussing quantum physics and chaos theory with the pair of Hawaiian Tropic bikini models (Miss Harvard and Miss Stanford) who took our picture  - and who later *begged* us to run off with them.

So there...  :P

Ahhh...this is obviously after numerous intoxicating libations  ;) ;D

[AdriftAtSea]

And they had clearly reached the delusional state of intoxication. :)

[Lynx]

St John's Yacht Harbor, Nice, Stores about 1 miles away and rides can be gotton.
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Swing Bridge on ICW -

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Some strange happenings on ICW -
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some ICW pics -
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More on this boat next post -
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[Lynx]

Oldest know boat in existence in N. America built by the White man.
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Georgetown old town clock -
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Other boaters on the ICW -
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ICW pic North of Georgetown NC
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At the dock, Carolina State park, $ 20 per night.
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Wrightsville Beach, Way to much wake here for a good stay.
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ICW North -
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Some nice houses along the way -
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Houses along the ICW
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A few parks on the water along the way
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Great Dismal Swamp, yellow flies here, bad bite. 25% deet every 3 hrs.
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Really flat -
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REALLY
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Trailering the boat for Chesapeake to Buffalo NY and Erie Canal
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[liberty28]

What fun and beautiful blue skies!!!