Today we started out from Rivers Edge Marina on the San Sebastian River in St. Augustine and traveled 63nm in 9 hours. The current was strong and although the engine was running at 1300 rpms we traveled right along between 8.5 and 9 kts. It was a cooler day than yesterday and a bit more clouds but still a very nice day. We can go under the Bridge of Lions which is a plus not having to wait for the half hour opening.

We are settled in at the Sea Camp Dock anchorage for 2 days, going ashore tomorrow to see if we can find the three horses we saw on the beach while still on the entrance to St. Mary's.

The wind was strong at the beginning of the night but calmed down around 8. There was lightning in the distance and a few claps of thunder.

Some of the sights today.

The mills of Fernandina

The muted colors of downtown Fernandina buildings

Finally the rebuilding of the Fernandina Beach Marina. The marina already had plans to dredge due to shoaling filling in the slips but hurricane Michael destroyed the entire marina. There were a few slips on the outside dock that could handle boats and signing in was in a make shift building with a temporary office. We stayed the marina on our way south in the fall of 2018.

Dredging

Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is a base of the United States Navy located adjacent to the town of St. Marys in Camden County, Georgia, on the North River in southeastern Georgia, and 38 miles from Jacksonville, Florida.

It appears in the distance as a brightly lit city