St Augustine

The story from the female perspective tonight! We departed Fernandina Beach with the sunrise. It was another beautiful day. Last night we met really interesting people from Idaho. They had been on a cruise through the Panama Canal and as we chatted and watched the sunset, they couldn't understand anything about a sailboat so we gave them a tour...and they bought us drinks. Folks are great. After two hours on the Intercoastal waterway, we heard that a bridge might be closed so we went out the St. Johns River into the Atlantic for another ocean voyage. We actually sailed for two hours! We came into St. Augustine about 5:00 and have really struggled with the anchorage. There is a strong tide and a strong wind so we feel like we are "twirling". We actually got to eat dinner in the cockpit tonight and enjoy the outdoors. Speedy has sailed off his charts and needs to buy new ones in the morning. Our charts said Norfolk to FL.....but they didn't include FL. We can already tell the difference in the boating situation now that we are in FL. There are derelict boats and crowded anchorages. We are staying in St. Augustine tomorrow. While we were sailing today, we went by DK and robbed him of his wind....and he howled like a banshee! The entrance to St. Augustine was hard to discern but we made it in with out a problem. Nancy