Kilkenny Creek

I get up early to walk through the Thunderbolt Marina to check out all the Mega-Yachts that are being serviced there. I first help cast off the lines of “Privateer” a Kadey-Krogen Trawler.
The couple on this boat will be in the Bahamas Land and Sea Park at Cambridge as Hosts collect the mooring fees for the Land and Sea Park. The Land and Sea Park relies mostly on volunteers. 

After they leave I walk by the 7 or 8 Mega-Yachts having various things done to them. One, is in their huge building that has three separate bays that can each hold a 300 foot yacht. 

After they leave I walk by the 7 or 8 Mega-Yachts having various things done to them. One, is in their huge building that has three separate bays that can each hold a 200 foot yacht.

When I get back Linda and I head over to Jack and Ann’s boat “Blue Breeze” for Breakfast. We bring half the makings and have a very good breakfast prepared by Jack. One of the features of Thunderbolt is they leave a box of 6 Krispy Kream donuts on each transient boat early in the morning. Good thing we were the only two boats here this morning or I would of gotten up real early and collected a few boxes off other boats.

"Blue Breeze" leaving Thunderbolt Marina

We leave around 11:00 AM on another cool cloudy day. We reach Hell Gate around 1:30 and slowly pass through. Our lowest reading just before the exit was 5.1 feet. We draw 4.8 and Blue Breeze draws 5.1, but we make it though without any bumps. 

The winds are light, so there was just a moderate chop on the water south of Hell Gate Three years ago it was blowing quite hard out of the Northeast and we were sailing near hull speed on just our jib. Both wearing full foul weather gear to stay warm. Today was much more comfortable.

Kilkenny Creek, Blue Breeze & Manana

Get to Kilkenny Creek about 2 miles off the ICW and drop the anchor. Beautiful views over the surrounding marshes. After dinner we dinghy over to Blue Breeze for cards.