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 4/9- Jove Creek to Wahoo River (Sapelo Sound)

   We got up to a beautiful morning. The river was like a mirror it was so calm. This is one of the reasons we like traveling through Georgia. A lot of folks find this section of the ICW boring as it winds back and forth sometimes almost doubling back on itself. It’s all mostly spartina grass marshes that stretch on endlessly. That’s just what we like about it. There are much fewer boats here as many people decide to skip Georgia by going outside. After the busyness of Florida this is a welcome reprieve. There are anchorages everywhere. There are plenty of small rivers that are 10-15 feet deep with room for swinging. Because of the current that goes through most of these rivers your anchor comes up clean most of the time. 

    I like to think of this as finding the magnificent in the mundane. Yes it can be incredibly boring looking at the same grass shoreline all day but if you look close there is a beauty there that is magnificent. Today for instance I saw an alligator swimming along the shore. That along with the constant antics of the pelicans and dolphins breaks up the day. 

    Anyway we headed out this morning in the tranquil river only to find that with the king tide last night the river was filled with debris. This mostly consisted of old dead reed which the tide apparently scoured out of the marshes. There were rather large islands of these reeds floating down the river. We did well with the tide today as we had it with us up until we hit the Little Mud River. This another notorious shallow spot that we caught at high tide. 

     We were going to get to our anchorage by noon so we decided to press on. It was good as we caught the tide all the way down the 7 miles of Sapelo Sound. We pulled into the Wahoo River and dropped the hook about a mile up and called it a day. 

    These last couple of days were perfect for those folks looking to go out onto the ocean and skip this part of the ICW. It was nice weather and light SE winds which made sailing a dream. However it’s about 130 mile trip from Fernandino to Charleston which would take some 30+ hours. I still like sleeping at night and I’m not sure that I wanted to get to Charleston that fast. Fair weather to all the boats that ventured out and I hope they arrive safely. 

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