Blewtooth's Spring Sail down the Savannah River

Fun Spring Sail With Barrett And Friends

 

We left around noon to catch the last half of the tide heading through Elba Island cut and outbound on the Savannah.  Great weather and a great bunch of kids!  I say kids????  Sheesh!  they are all in their mid twenties.  What is happening to me!!!!

We motored through the creeks;  fighting the tide but once we were out bound with the current we had enough sea room to raise the sails and the fun began.

We sailed out to the end of the rock jetty and got a good look at Tybee Beach and the South Channel.  The wind was running right up the river for a ways but when we got to Tybee Roads it was coming in from the southeast and we got a good tack.  We kept well out of the way of a couple of freighters who past us going and coming.

Coming back was so fast and relaxing that I was surprised how quickly we made it to the cut.  Here's a video of our return.

I have lots of pictures of Blewtooth sailing but none taken by people in other boats passing or sailing alongside so I will have to make do with her shadow on the water:

And with the wind cooperating all the way we were able to hang a left at the cut without dropping the sails and crossed the south channel and into Saint Augustine Creek before the motor was turned on and the jib was taken down.  Then with main up we had a gusty motor sail through the winding turns of Saint Augustine and dropped the main at Turners Creek.     What a great day!

In calmer water Mike took a trip up the mast to see what he could see.  Those folding steps have proved to be handy and fun to climb (in calm water that is)

We were lucky to have gone on Saturday because even though the weather forecasters had indicated that Sunday would be pretty much the same it turned out to be colder, gloomier and gustier.

All for now,  Good Sailing to all!