Monday, April 26, 2021

Sailing South aboard Lucy III: 2020-21 (Part III - returning North)

 Thunderbolt Marina, Savannah, Georgia:  April 26, 2021

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Thunderbolt+Marine+Inc./@32.0248298,-81.04988

Evening in the moonlight at Thunderbolt Marina.

Marc-   We pulled up the anchor at 07:30 this morning in the Wahoo River.  The noseeums were thick but not biting due to the cool temperature (66 degrees).  I started out by cleaning the raw water cooling strainer (it had weeds and slime in the stainless steel basket).   No need to clean the anchor or chain - it all came up clean and easy with Sue at the helm.  We then covered the next 36 miles of winding rivers and sounds and changing currents and winds to end up at Thunderbolt Marina by 15:00.  The Marina never responded to the Dockwa reservation request and they did have space available.  We were welcomed without a problem.  Fiddler's Green and Fleetwing already docked.  There were a few other boats that we have seen and some of them Loopers (boaters doing the Great Loop).  We went to Tubby's Tank House nearby for dinner.  After dinner we saw a pink moon rising in the Eastern sky.  The scenery here is nice with a shrimp boat fleet as well as undeveloped land.  Our marina caters mostly to megayachts and specializes in megayacht repair.

Marc cleaning the raw water strainer (to keep the water circulating to keep the engine cool).

View from the waterfront.

Thunderbolt shrimp boats


The pink moon rising.









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