Day 5, Palatka to Deland.

Day 5 of our adventure, a 65 mile run up the St Johns River from Palatka to Deland, we started at first light, passed thru the Buffalo Bluff Railway Bridge, then on to cross Lake George...back to the river and passed Astor and the river narrowed and became more winding and very scenic.  We pressed on to Deland and the St John’s Marina where we overnighted and met up with my cousin Mark and Stephanie, had a great dinner and they joined us for the cruise the last day to Sanford and Monroe Harbor Marina.....but that is the next entry........

Day 4 Jacksonville to Palatka

Had a nice short stay at Ortega River Marina, left just at sunrise for a two hour cruise to Mandarin Holiday Marina for a fuel stop, then on to Palatka for the night. Beautiful day on the river, pretty big water, not much current and cool weather but sunny! 57.5 miles today with a 45 min stop for fuel to top up our diesel tanks for our southbound run!

Jekyll Island to Jacksonville FL

Was a windy rainy morning for our departure this morning, on our way at 0700, rain showers until about 1400 (2PM for you lubbers)...turned off the ICW on to the big St Johns river and were rewarded with sunshine and brisk headwinds (that took about a knot off of our fwd speed)....77 miles (total) later at the Ortega River Marina, it will be a short night after 10 hrs in the saddle....off to parts south, Palatka FL, for our overnight if all goes to plan!

Kilkenny Creek to Jekyll Island

71 miles today, a sunrise departure from Kilkenny Creek this morning, lots of great sights and lots of dolphins, passed the shipwreck in St Simon Sound, hard to believe how big that ship is.....(was?)....Had a nice evening at Jekyll Harbor Marina and a very nice dinner at the nearby restaurant. On to Jacksonville FL tomorrow......

Leaving Hilton Head....Cruising South!

This morning, Lorre and I departed HHI, southbound for the St Johns River in FL and Deland and Sanford FL.  We plan on taking about a week getting to Sanford, and although Lorre will be heading back to GA, I will probably stay on Titan and return to HHI sometime in early Feb.  We had a wonderful cruise today, saw lots of Dolphins and even a few Bald Eagles!  We spent a wonderful evening at Kilkenny Creek Marina and had a fine Dinner at Marker 107 restaurant.  Tomorrow off to Jekyll Island!  60 mi today. If you have any desire to join me/ us for a look at Titan and/or some cruising, please get in touch!

Visit from a Manatee

Had a visit from a Manatee the other morning, was able to catch a little on video....pretty cool experience....

Hurricane Dorian...

Titan weathered hurricane Dorian without damage.  Sustained winds of 50 knots with gusts  to 95 we're shown on one of my neighbors boats weather station. The small white bits you see on the hull are small pieces of Styrofoam from the blocks  under the floating docks. She was double tied with double the fenders, but it still must have been quite a ride!