Too cold to rest

We woke up to 29 degrees outside and still a stiff northerly wind. We hunkered down in the cabin trying to stay warm. By 0930 we gave up. It was just too cold to motivate to get the dingy in the water and make what would have likely been a wet ride over to the island. We decided the better course of action was to keep heading south and take a rest day in St. Augustine in a day or so. We put on all of our clothes and pulled the anchor. We headed down the Cumberland River and then turned to the east and rode a favorable current out of St. Mary's inlet and into the Atlantic Ocean. We sailed the 20 miles or so down to the St. John's Inlet and then turned west again to negotiate the channel back inland. That is when things got interesting. Behind us we could see a massive US Naval tanker heading in our direction. Just as we came around a bend in the channel we saw a HUGE car carrier coming right at us. I then had my proudest moment on the VHF to date. Within a span of about 2 minutes, we were hailed by the car carrier, US Navy and the US Coastguard. All went well and we negotiated a safe pass, but it was exciting. A few minutes later we turned south again to rejoin the ICW and then continued until dark when we dropped the hook in a quiet marsh just off the channel. We are ten miles from St. Augustine and plan to head there early in the morning and then go ashore for groceries, showers, scootering and stretching our legs. It is forecasted to be in the 60's - we can't wait.

Yikes!

This guy was not messing around.