Our stay in Fernandina Beach Florida is over and we’re turning north at last.
Fernandina Beach is a solid stop, a port of entry that “usually” has some good grocery options about a mile or so from the dinghy dock. Not bad to walk with a cart or on a bike. This winter however both of the closer grocery stores were closed for construction.
Another reason we stayed was the pumpout boat that will visit you on a mooring, although with the management of the town’s marina that may be changing?
Needless to say we are over the moon to be back at Cumberland Island. It’s a short motor from Fernandina Beach Florida to Cumberland Island Georgia.
We like to anchor in the southern side of the island near the Ice House Museum which is by the Dungeness Wharf which is one of the dinghy docks for the island.
The dinghy spot is on the inside of the northern end of the dock and there are bathrooms and water right near by at the Ice House Museum.
The first two days were calm and we spent them hiking the island and visiting the beach on the ocean side of the island.
Then the wind shifted and brought with it a Gale Force Wind Warning. Nothing like waking up to your anchor dragging in an area where that’s never happened before. Another sign that you need to always be vigilant even in places where your convinced you won’t drag.
What’s worse is that our “primary” anchor monitor which runs off of an iPad stopped working over the night. Needless to say I’m unhappy with that but overjoyed that we had purchased a ”Roam Device” which has a hardware based dedicated anchor monitor.
I got the iPad anchor monitor working again and watched us drag another 30+ feet before the sun came up. Once the sun was up Liam and I moved the boat and re-set the anchor.
It was easy enough but certainly not something I wanted to need for us to do.
Our plan was to stay here for one week, but the forecast for this coming week makes me think we’re going to be here for at least two weeks.
Not a bad place to get “stuck” hiking trails, wild horses, and an endless beach.
At least the only place we “need” to be is in Provincetown by June~ish.