Sept 29, Brunswick, GA

We have been watching 'tropical depression 16' which is just below Cuba. It is looking like it will make tropical storm status soon and become the 'named' storm Nicole. Tropical storm status means winds of 40 mph or greater. The storm track is forecast to be 50-100 miles offshore as it passes north Florida and the Georgia coast. We are cautious however, and we know the weather is sometimes unpredictable. So, we are interested in being in a harbor sheltered on all four sides, just in case. We move down the Georgia coast from Isle of Hope, Georgia, just south of Savannah, to Brunswick, Georgia, a distance of 90 miles.

We start out from Isle of Hope about 7 am with a threatening sky.

Very rural with almost no development along the shore.

Our day did have one interesting event. One of the commercial shrimp boats, a 65 footer named SEA FOX was trawling just outside the Doboy Inlet between Savannah and Brunswick in Georgia and gave the Coast Guard a 'MAYDAY' while we were only a few miles away. The captain said they were taking on water and in danger of sinking and needed some pumps - ASAP. Coast Guard from Charleston and the Sea FOX captain went back and forth for a half hour before the Coast Guard finally responded with a helicopter and sent a small rescue boat from the south to the scene.

Coast Guard coming to the rescue.
We hope.

Shrimper like the one sinking.

Final report we had was the captain telling the Coast Guard that the water was above the engines in the hold and that they were still trying to get their trawl gear back in the boat. He was also talking to another commercial shrimper nearby that was trying to help. We lost contact after two hours and are still wondering what happened to the boat and the three man crew.

We arrived in Brunswick about 4 pm after a long day on the water. We had almost no wind or rain. Just overcast and threatening to rain all day.

I-95 highway bridge crosses the Brunswick River, leading to Brunswick, Georgia.

Shrimper sunk in the Brunswick harbor.

Freighter SIDER PINK unloads in Brunswick harbor.

Fleet of shrimpers in Brunswick.

Approaching Brunswick Harbor Marina.
Large yacht on left is SASSY, a 100 foot Hargrave, from Mt Pleasant, Michigan.

We are staying at the Brunswick Harbor Marina which is well protected from the wind on all sides. We are making good progress and are now at the Intercoastal Waterway mile marker 690, only 27 miles from the Georgia/Florida border.