Captains Log 11/29/06
Departure Point / Start Time Fernandina Beach FL.
Arrival Point / End Time St. Johns River (Jacksonville)FL
Distance Traveled 25 NM
Located in St. Johns River, FL
This stretch was in the ICW at a rising tide. Just as we started, within the first 5 miles, we ran aground and kept bouncing on sand bars. In the middle of the channel too. I wasn’t worried since it was about 1 hour after low tide and water was rising. With 5 foot tide swing I knew we would get off. And we did in about 10 minutes. We glanced the bottom few more times on the way to Jacksonville. We got into St. Johns river as the flood was at its highest. We had 3 knots of current going our way for about 3 miles where we found a nice quiet anchorage out of the way. St. Johns river is one of the busiest rivers on the east coast. There were tankers, navy, Coast Guard, and all kinds of fishing trollers all around. But we made it in pretty fast and didn’t have trouble running into any one of them. The next morning weather will let us make a quick outside run to St. Augustine Inlet. It is very important to make that inlet by sunset since there are unlit buoys and 7 foot swell all around the entrance. Fortunately its only about 30NM of open ocean waters.
Arrival Point / End Time St. Johns River (Jacksonville)FL
Distance Traveled 25 NM
Located in St. Johns River, FL
This stretch was in the ICW at a rising tide. Just as we started, within the first 5 miles, we ran aground and kept bouncing on sand bars. In the middle of the channel too. I wasn’t worried since it was about 1 hour after low tide and water was rising. With 5 foot tide swing I knew we would get off. And we did in about 10 minutes. We glanced the bottom few more times on the way to Jacksonville. We got into St. Johns river as the flood was at its highest. We had 3 knots of current going our way for about 3 miles where we found a nice quiet anchorage out of the way. St. Johns river is one of the busiest rivers on the east coast. There were tankers, navy, Coast Guard, and all kinds of fishing trollers all around. But we made it in pretty fast and didn’t have trouble running into any one of them. The next morning weather will let us make a quick outside run to St. Augustine Inlet. It is very important to make that inlet by sunset since there are unlit buoys and 7 foot swell all around the entrance. Fortunately its only about 30NM of open ocean waters.
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