January 24/08 Crossing the Savannah River

Here it comes!

Some of the support vessels at the rear of the boat

We left our anchorage at 7:45, heading to cross the Savannah River. Our little cut had quite a fast current at the mouth of the river, and it is hard to stay in the channel. We had been noticing a helicopter flying overhead, and vehicles positioned on land. As we got to the river, ready to cross, we were approached by a fast inflatable boat manned by the Coast Guard and sporting a machine gun on it's bow, mounted on a tripod. Once again we were in a security zone! A large Natural Gas tanker was being expected, and we had to wait until it went by. I gave Chris the helm, as it was pretty tricky to back up into the current and hold our position. The tanker when it came was huge! It was accompanied by tugs fore and aft, the Coast Guard inflatable, and the helicopter flying around it.
After it passed we continued on our way and anchored in the Wahoo river, with 60 miles done after 10 hours travelling! Hope we don't get done for speeding