The
Repair, then on to St. Augustine
Wednesday,
December 11, 2013.
Today the machine shop said they can repair the rudder and we got the
final estimate for the total repair job and sent it to BoatUS Insurance. They approved the estimate within 2 hours! Jon
and Marguerite on Quicksilver arrive at the marina. Great to see familiar faces.
Thursday,
December 12, 2013. Today,
George, the fiberglass guy, began working on the keel. the
end of the day, it looks as good as new.
Jon and Marguerite went with us to the local Farmers’ Market and then we
rode out to St. Simons Island and walked the area around the stores and the
lighthouse. Then we all went up to
Darien to eat shrimp at BJ’s. A nice
day.
Friday,
December 13, 2013. The rudder arrived back at the yard this
morning and George began the fiberglass work.
This guy is really a wiz! By 4 o’clock
the rudder is re-installed in the boat, the autopilot hooked up, and the boat
is in the travel lift headed back to the water.
At 5:30 we are in a slip next to Jon and Marguerite. Dinner and drinks on board.
Saturday,
December 14, 2013. The weather today is supposed to be a
bit “iffy” and Quicksilver decides to stay in Brunswick for at least another
day. We leave the dock at 6:30 am – still
dark. There is a dredge working across
the entrance to the harbor and the only way to get around it is 50 feet of clearance
between the dredge and the docks. At
7:00 am we pass the new bridge at Brunswick as the sun rises. 7:35am we pass “The Jetty” where we went
aground. It is high tide and we have no
issues with this passage. 9:00am we hear
Gari (George and Richard) on the radio.
At 9:30am we actually catch up to Gari.
11:20am the wind has built to 20 knots on our nose. At 11:30am it is
raining. At 11:55am it is sunny again. We passed through Cumberland Dividings and
had no issues, saw 10feet at the minimum.
At 1:45pm we arrive at the dock in Fernandina Beach and refuel. We decide to stay at the dock tonight. Gari
is right in front of us on the dock.
Nice to see them again! The
weather is now really starting to close in – storm clouds and wind, finally
rain.
030° 40.185’ N 081° 28.01’W.
44 SM today, 37NM, MM 716.Sunday, December 15, 2013. Today is the day we were originally supposed to fly home for the holidays. We changed our reservation to December 18. We hope to get the boat to St. Augustine and then fly home out of Jacksonville.
There were thunderstorms and wind
overnight, and they are continuing this morning. It begans to clear around noon, but the wind
is howling and the tides are against us also.
We had lunch in town at Lulu’s and then back to the boat. We moved to a mooring for the night.
Monday, December 16, 2013. Clear and cold this morning. The wind has shifted into the north @ 10, but
now the wind and the tide are going with us. 7:00am. At 3:30pm, we make the opening at The Bridge
of Lyons in St. Augustine. Just past the
bridge, we stop at the City Marina to take on fuel. 4:15pm, we are tied to the
dock at Rivers’ Edge Marina, which is up the San Sebastian River, “behind” the
old part of At. Augustine. The marina is kind of quaint and homey and there are
lots of live-a-boards. This is where we
will leave Rhiannon while we travel north into the snow for the holidays.
29° 53.13’ N 081° 19.36’ W
66 SM today. 52.5.NM MM 780.
Tuesday,
December 17, 2013. We spent today cleaning and packing and
getting the boat ready to leave. Walked
into town and had dinner at Hurricane Patty’s at the Marina.
Wednesday,
December 18, 2013. Taxi picked us up at 8am and we drove to the
Jacksonville airport for the flight home.
We arrived at the house at 4:40pm.
Lots of snow on the ground.
More images of St. Augustine
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