We decided to sail up to Savannah GA on the outside. The new chart software (that we are still learning to use) said it would take 20 hrs total. Savannah is approx 7 miles inland from the sea. We wanted to enter the Savannah river during the day light hours so we left Brunswick around 4pm. We made a nice over night run up the coast with an east wind that clocked around to the west by the time we hit the outer sea buoy. However the seas were a bit rolly. Four hour shifts were fine. By the way, we made it in 19 hrs and the new chart software rocks!
The Savannah river seems wide enough until this bad boy sailed up behind us. This is the warship USS Monterrey. OMG! Seriously. I was at the helm when they first sailed into my rear view mirror so to speak. However they radio us asking our course and then instructing us to stay as close a possible to the red channel markers and they would slide on by. And that they did. Very courteous. Sorry the pic is blurry. We didn't think it was smart to click away as they went by. Personally my hands were tightly gripping the helm. As you can see, they were already in their dress whites and on the rails. Once we reached port, Tom immediately looked it up on the web. Big time techie warship. Again....OMG!
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