Cumberland Sound to Sisters Creek - FLORIDA!

 

 

Perhaps our bumpiest day on record...and definitely our coldest!  At this inlet, the Cumberland River, we had to actually go out to the Atlantic then turn around and head back in to the ICW (if you cut straight across there is water only 1 foot deep).

Layers, layers and more layers!  I had on a turtleneck, a sweatshirt, a fleece and my foul weather jacket!

After getting through this we thought we would be good for a 2 pm landing in sisters creek...but noooooo!  The navy had other plans!  We were held up for an hour at Cumberland Sound waiting for a submarine to depart with its entourage.

The wind didn't quit all day.  We checked the free dock at sisters creek, hoping for space but the boats were not well positioned so we didn't even try getting in there.  Had to try anchoring twice, first time I ended up in water too shallow (6' and getting too close to 4' and shore).  We moved up and dropped anchor at 14' but by the time the anchor was set the current had moved us into the channel and 30+' depth.  I was done and just stayed there!  It was so hard to figure out positioning - in this location, current trumps wind.  Made for a lot of anxiety.  We are not dragging but we do swing back and forth into the channel.  Another sleepless night coming my way!