Nana & Nandad's Adventures!: Nana and Nandad return to NH

Nana and Nandad return to NH after a wonderful Christmas and New Years. New Horizon has done well at Tiger Point Marina and Nandads attempts to stop the birds from pooping on deck has worked. He placed fine netting on the bow, fine wiring on the stern and the high pitched sound bird repellant swinging from the dodger. When we arrived at around midday the tide was fully in and the current very strong. Three hours later the creek looks like a mud bath and the tide has dropped by about six feet.

In the picture you can see the mud banks and also if you look closely you will see the fine netting on the bow. Tomorrow we will take NH up the creek into the lift where they will haul her out to power wash etc before we continue our cruising. Our plan is to get to West Palm Beach by the end of next week and from there cross over to the Bahamas.

Today we took the trolly tour around Historic downtown Fernandina and our driver had some wonderful stories to share about the magnificent great homes of which there are many. We also watched the Nao Trinidad, which is part of the Nao Victoria Foundation’s fleet from Huelva Spain, dock at the Marina right downtown. Nana often wondered how the crew threw those very large lines onto the dock only to discover that they throw a very fine line that is attached to the mainline which has a weighted ball at its end. Once they throw this line the dock hands pull it in with the big line attached and simply wrap it around the cleat.
If you are watching from the dock you need to be careful that you stay out of the reach of the throw !