BRUNSWICK, GA TO WAHOO RIVER IN GA

Thursday, April 16th to Monday, April 20th, 2015

Day 255-259
Miles Traveled on Monday: 58
Total Miles Traveled: 3151


  We decided to stay in Brunswick, GA Thursday through Sunday due to threats of strong storms most every day and low tides occurring right when we would be traveling through problem areas of Georgia's Atlantic ICW.  We took this opportunity to rest up and just relax.  We did get a few more boat jobs done, like replacing the plate zinc on the stern.  We went to the small farmer's market on Saturday and walked around some on Sunday trying to find a place to eat lunch.  The only open restaurant in downtown Brunswick on Sunday was a Subway.  
  For a little history lessons - Brunswick, GA is know as the "Land of Five Flags".  Five nations have claimed this area of Georgia as their own.  The Spanish flag was raised in 1540 followed by the French flag in 1562.  In 1565 the Spanish expelled the French and ruled again until 1736.  The British flag flew during the Revolutionary War. During the Civil War, it was the Confederate flag, until 1865 when the United States Flag was raised once again.  All five of these flags are flying at the Brunswick Landing Marina.  
  Sunday, the last night we stayed at Brunswick Landing Marina, treated us with a beautiful sunset.  Red night, Sailors delight.  A good omen for the next day travels. 

beautiful sunset - last night at Brunswick

Seahorse amongst sailboats, enjoying the pretty sunset

  Monday we were underway again.  As a repeat of previous days travel along the Atlantic ICW, we coursed through several rivers, creeks, and sounds.  It was hard to keep up with all the different names.  The list included:  East River, St. Simon Sound, Manhead Sound, Mackay River, Buttermilk Sound, Altamaha Sound, Little Mud River, North River, Doboy Sound, Old Teakettle Creek, Creighton Narrows, Front River, Sapelo River, and Sapelo Sound.  (WHEW!!).  We traveled with two other boats, another Mainship "Mighty Fine" and another Looper "Horizon Chaser".  "Mighty Fine" has traveled these waterways several other times and was the lead boat.  Having someone with experience in this part of the ICW was a bonus as the Little Mud River is notorious for shoaling and frequent groundings.  We went through this area just after high tide and had no problems.  We did pass some areas where at low tide we probably would have been dragging the bottom of the river.

entering the Little Mud River

  Just passed the Little Mud River we spotted a blimp.  There was some wind and it seemed to be getting tossed around a bit.  I don't think Charlie Brown minded. 

blimp siting

blimp for The Peanuts Movie

  We made good time with some help from the tidal currents.  At times, we were running over 10mph.  We got farther than we had planned, and, our final stop for the day was at an anchorage in the Wahoo River with "Mighty Fine" and "Horizon Chaser".  Due to some high winds and fast current, we all decided to stay aboard our boats and not use our dinghy for a gathering on one of the boats.  This gave Angie time to work on the blog and Dan time to focus on trip planning.  

Wahoo River Anchorage