We set off in the morning back down the I.C.W where we had entered Jekyll island but this time we were going out down the channel and in to the Atlantic.
As we headed out there was slight spots of rain coming down this was then followed by a huge squall which reduced visibility so we were all on the look out for the channel marker buoys as we had to avoid a big reef which was near to the channel.
When all of that was out of the way and the weather had cleared up it was already time for the night watches to begin.
Whilst Dad and I were on watch we reached speeds of 7.3 knots whilst under sail.
Then we arrived at the tricky bit. It was still dark but we needed to go up the channel to get to where we were going. But hardly any of the channel markers had any lights on so Dad and Jo had the job of having to navigate through all of that only to find when we reached the bridge it was not open until the morning so we had to drop the anchor and wait till it was time to lift the bridge.
We eventually reached the Isle of Hope marina which is very nice.
We settled down and all had some breakfast before going off in the courtesy car to go and get some food shopping. However the map they had given us was all the wrong way and was very detailed but eventually we found Wal-mart and inside was a subway so we all had a sub for our dinner which we all enjoyed then we worked our way around the huge Wal-mart getting everything we needed including a Simpsons DVD which when we got back to the boat we all enjoyed watching.
At Wal-mart we also bought some of the enormous steaks that they had and Sean and I had never tried them before and we had heard they were very nice so we enjoyed eating them.
After sailing everybody was tired so we had an early night.
Alex Penney
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