By 14.00 lt in the morning the anchor was out and I was heading for the ocean. There was a nice wind from easterly direction what made it a nice sail from wind at starboard side. That whole first night the wind was good as was it the following day’s. I hardly saw any other boats or big shipping the three days I was underway.
On October 25 I was at the beginning of St Mary’s Inlet . I a good wind from behind and just for safety reasons I lowered the main sail and continued only on the foresail . While I came in a big submarine just was heading for sea . A coast guard boat came racing to me and asked me to stop. I told them that , that was impossible with wind and current on my tail but I reduced the foresail to go a bit slower . After the submarine had past the second coast guard boat kept an eye on me. After the whole parade had past I got a signal that all was oke and I could proceed to Cumberland. A little bit further the wind turned on the nose and I started the engine. But no sound from the engine. I opened the cover in front of the engine and all looked normal . I tried again but still nothing. On to of the engine is a fuse block with four connections . I shift the one that was on to an other one and yes the engine came to live.
At 16.30 lt the anchor was safe behind Cumberland Island. I cleared the sails and the boat and took a welcome beer. The next day I took it easy in the morning and around 14.00 I went ashore for a walk.
It is always nice to be back on this beautiful island and to walk around. The next day I picked up the anchor and went to an other anchor spot what turned out to be an interesting , beautiful spot .
Everyday I saw a few wild horses and lots of other wild live.
On October 31 around 08.00 the anchor was out and I was heading for st. Mary’s where I was at 11.15 lt safe at anchor. There was a weather prediction of strong northerly wind and that is why I went there. While I was there it was halloween .
While there on anchor I had my bicycle on the shore and did some shopping – the supermarket is about 20 min away – and at the gas station I bought petrol for the outboard. While in st. Mary’s I read a ad about a festival about the right whales in Fernandina Beach the coming weekend . On Thursday 02 November at 15.00 the anchor was out and I was heading for a spot closer to the head of the St Mary’s river. On Friday I made my way to the anchorage of Fernandina Beach where the anchor was in at around 09.00 . That day it was pretty windy and I stayed on board the rest of the day. On Saturday morning at 10.00 I was ashore together with my bicycle.
While heading for the festival I passed the farmers market and had a look there. From there I went to the other side of the island where the festival was held. There were lots of stalls and I should say I talk with a lot of the people from the stalls and learned a lot about the right whales and other sea animals.
On Sunday I went back for an other look and to learn more.
I stayed a few day’s more at anchor there and did again shopping in order to stock up for my trip to the Bahamas. And my little bicycle was a very great help because the supermarkets were as is normal way out of town.
On November 09 just after daybreak the anchor was out and I was heading south going through the Intra Coastal Waterway. My plan was to go from Fernandina Beach by an ocean passage to the Bahamas but the weather / wind didn’t look good for the upcoming period what made me going through the ICW in order to make it south anyhow.
More about that passage in my next post.
Sail Mylady 
Nice you keep writing and i,m back reading with the first snow here🙂 lots to catch up! Bike is good news. Pics fabulous, but can not enlarge🤔 the animal is called Armadillos (meaning “little armored ones” in Spanish) fair winds
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Hi Inga , I am on anchor now near Clarence Town. I sailed from Lynyard Cay directly to the Ragged Islands and stayed there 14 days . And there is nil mobile reception . here lots of wind but it is not cold , you can keep the snow. Grreetings Eelco
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Looks like a nice farmer’s market!
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