Cumberland Island to Jekyll Island

We had an early start for our sail to Jekyll island it was a very hot day with not a lot of wind however, the tide was with us as we headed up the I.C.W where again we saw the huge houses along the side all with their own motor boats and jetties.

Along the way we passed a submarine base and we were carefully watched by a small boat as we went past.

Submarine

After that we started to approach the end of Cumberland island and we were all quite disappointed that we didn’t see much wildlife when we was there and then Sean noticed that there was a wild horse stood on the beach.

Wild horse on the beach

We weren’t keen on the next kind of wildlife that came to visit us. There were lots of large flies that kept coming on to the boat not only were they extremely annoying they could bite too.

We then arrived at Jekyll island marina where we got moored up and checked in. We organized to use the courtesy car they had so we could pick up some shopping.

Along the way we had a de-tour to go and see they famous Jekyll Island Club and all of the holiday cottages that surrounded it.

Jekyll Island Club Hotel

We also walked around all of the holiday cottages that were there, which were owned by many of Americas rich like the Rockefellers and many other wealthy families at that time.

 

When we got back we were all very hot so we decided to go to the pool which looked so nice, the rest of our afternoon was spent cooling off there.

Next to the pool was a restaurant called Seajay’s which seemed to be okay from the outside so we decided we would go in there for some tea. But when we got our food we knew straight away it had all come out of a packet it was very obvious as it was so bad. All of the sauces where in pre-packaged pots, they gave us mash potato which was clearly out of a box and coleslaw which was out of a tub. Even though the local speciality was shrimps we could tell that the ones we had received were from a frozen packet and the same with the meat.  It was the worst food any of us had had whilst being in America. When we said something to the waitress she didn’t seem surprised at all and gave us it at half price which was alright as it was over priced as well!

When we got back to the boat we were all disappointed with our meal but we were cheered up by a lady called Lynn who we met. She was passing and said how she was thinking of buying a catamaran so we showed her round and she really liked Invincible. Afterwards she brought her dog along Charley and she showed us the Charley show which was very amusing as he could do a wide variety of tricks, she next invited us to go and look to see if she had caught anything in her crab pots which she had caught a few crabs, but we didn’t think they were that big to eat but she seemed pleased with them.

As the night was drawing in we all sat on the back of the boat and played dominos which was enjoyed mostly by me as i won!

 

Alex Penney