I have done Charleston to St. Augustine and vice versa outside. Both times a beautiful run, about 27 hours, and saved a lot of time and distance. On the way north we had only planned to go to Fernandina, but once out there and with a good weather window, we altered course for Charleston. Fernandina, of course is an easy day's run. You have to be careful in the inlet at St. Augustine, although exiting seemed to be easier than entering. The sand bars shift and so do the buoys. For that reason they are small and hard to see. It is best to have calm water to do that inlet. Telephone Towboat US in advance and they will give you current information. Do it by phone rather than on the VHF. The inlets at Fernandina, Savannah and Charleston are all Class A, big ship, inlets and easy to run. Hope this helps. J.E. Fordyce Toronto ON Adagio I Kadey Krogen 48 Whaleback Currently Stored at Brewerton NY on the Erie Canal

The question is current state of anchoring, not marinas, at Ferd. Peter Denton On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 2:06 PM, J.E. Fordyce via Trawlers-and-Trawlering < trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: > I have done Charleston to St. Augustine and vice versa outside. Both times > a > beautiful run, about 27 hours, and saved a lot of time and distance. On the > way north we had only planned to go to Fernandina, but once out there and > with a good weather window, we altered course for Charleston. Fernandina, > of > course is an easy day's run. You have to be careful in the inlet at St. > Augustine, although exiting seemed to be easier than entering. The sand > bars > shift and so do the buoys. For that reason they are small and hard to see. > It is best to have calm water to do that inlet. Telephone Towboat US in > advance and they will give you current information. Do it by phone rather > than on the VHF. The inlets at Fernandina, Savannah and Charleston are all > Class A, big ship, inlets and easy to run. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > J.E. Fordyce > > Toronto ON > > Adagio I > > Kadey Krogen 48 Whaleback > > Currently Stored at Brewerton NY on the Erie Canal > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. >