Spoke with Stewart de Brauwere last night and he picked me up at 7 this morning to take me to Lowe’s to pick up material to repair rudder.
Spent all morning working on it. Not looking forward to long walk to boat ramp tomorrow.
Spoke to a number of people even a couple of Seabees about Mission22 at the hotel today.
Greg picked me up at hotel and gave me ride to marine store to pick up my yak. Thank you for everything you have done for me and the mission.
Tide was out ramp is steep and the end has that slick mud, decided to wait for the tide to come in a bit. Checked out shops downtown, typical tourist type shops.
Launched and headed to Jacksonville via ICW. While in the final leg the right rudder cable broke whiave ruddle I was transfering a marsh. Luckily I learned from replacing the left one in h Beaufort how to do it easily.
I came across some guys fishing and asked them to pull the rudder cable and hand it to me so I could have rudder control.
Made it to boat ramp and got a ride to hotel.
Rented a bike and rode to Walmartrr for Gorilla glue and tape.
Then Greg picked me up and gave me a ride to West Marine for new C-Tug kart.
Had lunch at Sliders Grill.
Talked with Susan at Frenandina Observer about story for paper.
I paddled over the state line at some point and crossed the inlet to Fort Clint in Fernandina Beach.
I had to wait for tide to come in and seas to come so I took a tour of the fort.
I then met some people on the beach and talked Mission22 . Pictures taken for Facebook. I launched out and took the inside route once again for safety
stopped at the Fernendina Marina for lunch. Made reservations at hotel for 2 days.
Met a great family that helped me with a ride to hotel.
Left St. Simon’s for Florida.the
Paddled through a number of thunderstorms and got lost. I had to back track back to the point I got lost and figure out where to go.
I ended up paddling into the night to make up for lost time. I actually ended up tying my yak and self to a fancy marina dock for a few hours.
Trying to sleep in a kayak is not only hard but very uncomfortable.
I untied and got lost in the dark. again backtracked and went to other side of river and followed lighted channel markers until I got so tired I pulled over set the tent and slept for 3 hrs.
Awoke to find myself covered in sand.
Shook the sand off packed up camp and took off for St. Simmons island.t
Talked to a number of people about Mission22.
Met a great couple Greg and his wife, who helped me out. They found me ao place to sleep, charge my gear, and a hot shower.
Went to the store for supplies. Then I was trying figure out how to get back to my room when E K, Greg’s wife, showed up and gave me a ride back.
Talked to a number of people about the Mission22.
Needed some supplies and ended up taking the Saplo Island tour which proved interesting.
I got to the ATM and the store so I was ready to go when I got back.
Headed out into the ocean to see how far I could get.
Made it to Sea Island where I had to pull in and set up camp on the beach for the night due to worsening sea conditions and thunderstorms.
The beach sand is so fine that it blows right through the mesh of the tent. I had to cover my face to protect it.
The inside of tent was filling with sand.
The storms were loud and bright.
After 5 hours of paddling and running. out of water I made a big loop down the icw to the other end of Saplo island.
At least I can charge my phone.
It took 3 hours to charge my phone.
I set up camp next to the parking lot
I feel like an island hopper. What is with only making 1 island at a time.
Yes it takes an hour to get from one to the next and yes it takes 5-6 hours to paddle the length but that is 1 a day.
Alright so technically I made 2. Blackbeard Island is a national reserve so to had to go to Saplo island.
I thought there was enough water to get across the mud flat but the tide went out quicker. I was stuck in the mud for 2 hours before I had enough water to paddle out.
Set up camp on end of island on a small beach.
Phone now dead.
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