Thanksgiving & beyond

This is Black Friday. We had a very nice Thanksgiving Dinner aboard the Sean Patrick here in Two Way Boat Yard. We had planned to sail this afternoon with the mean high tide, however squall clouds and the ensuing rain prevented that thought. We did return the rental car, leave or not. It was costing us a small fortune. Now we walk. Tomorrow, Saturday, is supposed to be a cooler but nice day. We'll try again. Our VHF radio only needed a replacement cable at the base of the mast, and is now working better than ever. The scratch created by the improper transmission lever at the pedestal has now been repaired, and we are just ready to get out of here. I still haven't seen that allegator, but we did see a wild boar running frantically across the road yesterday. Can't wait to play with the dolphins again. Geoff and Connie have sent pictures which I will attach when I have wifi again (that is not here).




Saturday - We left Two Way - Yeah!!! We finally departed from Two Way Boat Yard. We waited for high tide and the wind to drop and at 2:00 pm left the dock. We motored down the waterway for two hours, sea trialingthe new Yanmar in the Snow Goose. All systems are great with the exception of our Garmin wind indicators - we will look into thatat a further later. We are happy with the engine performance but intend to stay within travel distance of our mechanic for another day. We walked the State of Georgia and Ducks Unlimited wildlife preserve this AM - very pretty open land, but didn't see wildlife. Still no allegators but we are told by the duck hunters that the reason they don't have dogs is because of the allegators - dogs are allegator bait! We are anchored just off the waterway in a wide spot and it is beautiful. A white heron showed off to us. Tonight is supposed to be cold again and tomorrow, but Monday warmer. We are anxious to get south.
 
Sunday, we hauled anchor and got a late start.  It was cold and we didn't intend to travel too far away from our mechanic today anyway.  All went well until we reached Jekyll Point/Sound and then the engine died.  We dropped anchor, checked things out and called Boat US.  They towed us back to Jekyll Harbor.  We expect to see Tom Lee at 8 am tomorrow morning.  And so it goes for us in Georgia.