Our stay at the Marina at Ortega Landings was purpose-driven. We wanted a secure location to leave Maerin while we traveled to PA to visit family and a base of operations to obtain a rental from JAX as well as re-provisioning upon our return. A good choice on all counts! Our typical MO for these […]
Archive for December, 2015
Jacksonville
Dec 11th 20152015-16 & Cruise Log & Location
We crossed into Florida shortly after departing Cumberland Island. We planned a late departure for 1130 hrs to time our transit of the passage through the Amelia River just south of Fernandina to coincide with a rising tide, and further on with flood current in the St. John’s River. There are a number of notorious […]
Cumberland Island revisited
Dec 6th 20152015-16 & Cruise Log & Location
Cumberland Island is a favorite stop; it’s convenient to the ICW if we travel inside, and if we travel offshore, St. Mary’s Inlet is always usable, given that it’s the access for King’s Bay Naval Base, east coast base of the Ohio class submarines. When transiting the ICW, the route passes directly east of the […]
Brunswick, GA
Dec 2nd 20152015-16 & Cruise Log & Location
Our run to Brunswick was comfortable and uneventful. We headed outside, avoiding the shallow waters of the Georgia section of the ICW. “Inside” runs afford more interesting scenery, but that view comes with a price: the anxiety that comes with squeaking through some shallow waters past Jekyll Island, so with calm conditions at sea, we’ll […]