Ferandina

Fernandina Beach Public Library
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It must be that our cruising social network is growing. So far, we met 5 people we know here along the waterfront. There is the crew of Ariel that we met in the Bahamas. Another Bahamas boat, Wind Chaser is also in town. We also met Bob, who rafted up with us in Vero Beach last year. That's not to mention Bill, and Baird, and Ingmar and Bert, other friends we have in Fernandina from past trips.

It would not be difficult, nor undesirable, to get locked in to an endless loop migrating up and down the US east coast. Part of the appeal is having friends in every port. It would be a never ending social whirl.

The winds and currents at the anchorage here are always strong. The tides are 7 feet and the spring tides run up to 9 feet. We hired a mooring so that we wouldn't have to worry about anchor dragging (also so that we could take showers). But both yesterday and today, freakish conditions make Tarwathie sit with her beam or her stern pointing at the strong winds. I seems crazy. Last night we were kept awake by the sounds of the mooring buoy scraping on the side of the hull. This morning, we saw blue marks on the side where the buoy rubbed. Grrrrrrrr. What a bother. But there's not much we can to to prevent it.