Cumberland Island to St Augustine

Motoring yet AGAIN

This was a quick trip down the ICW to St Augustine that took two days.  There was on bridge that had to be opened for us just above St John River at Jacksonville, Fl.  After that is was a dash over  across the St John into fighting head currents for the next  few hours.


Heading south flying at 8.8 kts...

Navy ships at Jacksonville shipyards.

Damn close to the green marker - WITH ROCKS

After getting south of the St John river we were back into currents and some wild problems. There is three bridges (all tall enough not to be opened) that must be crossed.  Currents were against us that made going through them very dangerous.  At one bridge we had the trottle almost wide open and were only doing 1.8kts with the possibility of getting pushed off to one or other side. The current was flowing almost at 5kts against us. Made it...

Then we came upon these homes along the ICW. Talk about RICH..  Lots of these appeared not to be occupied.  Maybe winter homes and they haven't arrived yet   

We stopped in an anchorage called Pine Island and is only about 12 miles from St Augustine.
We had a nice restful night and then onto St Augustine.