ANCHORING OUT-NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

April 6-7, 2026

Ever try something for the first time and think, “why the @%^& are we doing this?” Well, get a boat, go to a remote place, drop your anchor and then spend the night. Definitely an experience. You constantly watch the land and try to figure out if you have moved or if your anchor is holding. Do this a hundred times over the course of the evening, while you are trying to sleep and into the next morning. That is anchoring out. The good news is that once you pull anchor, you are free and ready to move on. Let’s just say that once we got into Savannah the next evening, we had a cocktail.

Heading up to the anchoring spot for the evening. Very choppy!

It was actually a pleasant anchoring situation, other than the generator not starting and Howie having to spend a half hour bleeding the line.