Savannah

We made it to Savannah, making a relatively painless overnight voyage on the outside (not the ICW). We left St Augustine around 2pm on Friday, arriving at the Ossabaw Sound at 7:30am, and to our friend's dock at bout 9:30am. It was a beautiful, full moon night, but could have been a little calmer. At least we could sleep during our off-shifts.

We had trouble leaving St. Augustine, though --- our anchor chain was wrapped around an old derelict anchor that was on the bottom of the anchorage. This picture can't do it justice.

Luke and I couldn't unwrap it ourselves, so we put out a VHF call to the general anchorage, asking for help. Two guys came over in dinghies to offer assistance. Luke climbed into one of the dinghies, the owner held them up to the bow of our boat, and with some fancy maneuvering of the extra ropes and raising/lowering of our anchor, we were finally able to free ourselves after about an hour. What a pain!

We had Easter at Beth's church, a potluck afterwards, and then a few days visiting friends.

Wickie is still with us, maintaining his usual cat ways. Thanks for those of you who have asked about the little old man. This is the boat in transit, with the lamp secured so it doesn't fall or roll around if we have waves, etc. Wickie is good at finding those snug places.