May 16th- Crescent River to Kilkenny Creek, GA

Our anchorage on the Crescent River allowed us to get an early start for crossing Sapelo Sound. Winds were predicted (correctly) to increase through the day, out of the northeast. As we needed to travel northeast this would have created a problem on the big bay. Combine that with an afternoon flood tide going against us. Big problems. Big waves. Early start: not too much wind and an ebb tide pushing us along. Later in the day we ran into the same issue on St Catherine Bay. We had to plow through but it’s a smaller body of water.

We ended the day at Kilkenny Creek. It was one of our stops on the way down. The marina is very rustic. The grounds are beautiful with giant live oaks anchoring the whole scene.

Lynne did a little reconnaissance of the big house and found out some information. Here are her pictures and notes.

Kilkenny Plantation circa 1836 …on the national region historic places …Henry ford owned it in the 1930s and extensively renovated inside the house. Reportedly indigo, rice, cotton and pine were sourced here.
Small building is the kitchen with huge cooking fire place and bread oven. It is in its original form, one of only a couple of such buildings in the state of Georgia.

Also of note- We have been living on Catalpa for 8 months. We’ve always enjoyed sailing her but now she feels like a home. I knew we were going to be gone for a long time but I really didn’t think much about it. There was so much planning and work to do before we left port. The trip has been difficult at times. Unbelievably peaceful at other times. Always interesting. All in all it’s been a very positive experience. Onward!

May 17th- Kilkenny Creek to Turner Creek, GA

Not much to report on. Last night was quiet and filled with stars. Today the wind seemed to be on the nose most of the time (same yesterday). Where are the southerlies? A few rough patches of water but not bad. We are seeing much more small boat traffic as we get closer to Savannah.

Passing through Hell Gate (the Georgia one)

Back to civilization.

Turner Creek.

There is a marina with a nearby supermarket. We don’t need anything today so we decided to just use the public boat ramp for Ollie’s evening commando raid.