Sapelo Island to St. Simon’s Island

January 16, 2013

Sapelo  Island to St. Simon’s Island

We left the Duplin river after our tour of Sapelo ended about 12:00.  Crossing the wide water of Doboy Sound, we rejoined the ICW at the North River.  We passed Queens Island and Wolf Island which is a national wildlife refuge.  Crossing the Altamaha River and Sound, we could see Little St. Simons Island on our starboard side.  After the One Mile Cut which is exactly what the name says–a one mile cut–we entered Buttermilk Sound and joined the Mackay river at about mile 665.  We could see St. Simon’s Island.  Passing under the St. Simon’s Bridge we crossed the St. Simon’s Sound and spotted the anchorage we wanted to use.  The wind was picking up and we weren’t convinced that the holding would be good.  Neither of us wanted to worry about holding in this not so private area, so we headed into Morning Star Marina at Golden Isles.  

We took care of laundry since we had shore power, walked around the docks and visited with a few of the locals before calling it a night.

I don’t know what this is, hoping someone else can tell me