5/15/10 – Savannah, Georgia

By 6:40 a.m. we had untied our lines and were headed down the Brunswick River to St. Simon’s Inlet. Our trip out to the ocean was calmer than yesterday’s and the waves seemed a little smaller and more on our stern, which made the motion easier. This was good, since we had 50 miles to travel to Wassaw Inlet.


As we approached we had to keep our eyes out for the markers which were placed far apart and would help us make our way through the shoals on each side of the inlet. Happily we were able to spot most of them, and we made our way in safely. Now we headed up the very busy Wilmington River towards the Savannah Yacht Club. There were many vessels of all types out on the river including lots of sailboats of various classes obviously involved in Saturday racing regattas. We kept out of everybody’s way and pulled in at 2 p.m. as George had predicted. We immediately phoned George and Linda, who were headed down from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in a rental car they had picked up after dropping off their own car at the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club earlier in the day, to tell them that we had arrived. They said that they wouldn’t get to us until about 4 p.m., so that gave us time to shower, dress, and straighten up. We then called Andrew and Claire Zeigler, who had made the arrangements for us to dock here, and invited them to come aboard for cocktails and munchies at 6 p.m.

After George and Linda arrived with their luggage, George returned the rental car to the airport, and Linda unpacked. Because of heavy traffic, we finally all convened on our aft deck at 6:30 p.m. It was so great to see all these friends, and we ended up trading sailboat stories and going over some of our adventures on the “Loop”. We ended up going to one of the Yacht Club’s lovely dining rooms for dinner, and we could see that Andrew and Claire were well-known club members by all the people they knew and the wonderful attention we got from the staff at dinner. The food, atmosphere, and camaraderie were wonderful, and Andrew was a more-than-gracious host by treating us to dinner. We would like to repay the Zeiglers’ hospitality to us when we return to the Keys next winter, and we hope that they will join us there for a visit. It was a truly wonderful evening!