We continued north, crossed the St Johns with geenys full and power up..fighting not to be dragged out to see with the outgoing tide...yes...on to Fort George Creek. Compass Rose made the turn with Sea Fever close behind. "Hmmm, Compass Rose, I am showing 6'...5.5'...5.2'..I am turning around"..."We are seeing 4.5'...4.2'...4'...we are coming back out too!" Charts and cruising guides show at least 7-8' where we found less than 5.
OK..now what? Continue on...there is another anchorage about 4 miles north...great!
NOT...a mile or so further the ICW markers include a temporary (read needed..emergency...watch out for a shoal) green marker. Saw it and was pretty sure I was on a line from the last green to the next and didn't want to go outside the reds...hmmm..supposed to be 8' but I'm reading 6'...Compass Rose is showing less than 5'...Sea Fever does a quick 180..Compass Rose is aground..which way is the channel??? That way...ok...thunk...Sea Fever is aground...again...
Compass Rose rocked and revved and off they went after about 5 minutes..well 3.5' vs 5'...Sea Fever not so much...2 power boats tried to pull me off...no go... but tide was coming in and after about 40 minutes of pushing and revving the engine...Free..again...
that was number 2....there is more...
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