On May 9th the Picobello was untied from the dock in Daytona Beach, and started on its trek north.
We traveled to Fernandina Beach (over 90 nm) and stayed in Amilia Yacht Harbour. We had planned to anchor out, but the forecast was for some severe weather, so we decided to stay in a marina for the night. We left the next morning at 07.00 hr. and traveled to he Duplin river and anchored out for the night. Even though the weather was overcast for the most part of the day, we had a nice calm day, and made a stop at Jekyll Island for a lunch. Also this stop would put us in the little mud river (20 miles down river) at a rising tide. We needed the tide in our favor in order to pass through here without having to worry about running aground.
We were lucky to see some (4) of the wild horses on Cumberland Island. They where just walking along the beach. We altered coarse and came within a few hundred feet of the beach to have a good look at them.

We left our anchorage in the Duplin river again around 07.00 hr, and moved fast in order to get to hells gate, (again a very shallow passage) in order to get there before low tide. Again low tide in hells gate would have been very tight for us to get through.

At approx. 11.30 we arrived in at isle of Hope Marina, and are staying here for the next couple of days while we explore Savannah.