Tuesday May 11, 2011 we got an early start out of St Augustine. The tide was low enough that we didn't even have to ask to have the bridge opened. Everything was going so good. When we taught sailing classes at the home sailing club, one of the first things we taught was a man overboard drill. Even the GPS has a setting for MOB. As I was heading north out of St Augustine I heard Denniese call out the dog just jumped overboard. Maggie overboard!! It seemed she saw some dolphins swimming and jumped to swim with them. I stopped the boat and climbed into the dinghy and pulled her in. She was one happy dog.. You should have seen her swimming with all her strength toward the dingy. We got Maggie aboard and she said she would not chase dolphins again. We thought we had gotten all the excitment in for one day but about a mile up the ICW from where we had the MOB we ran aground. Our first grounding since the purchase of the boat. It was a soft grounding and a local oyster fisherrman helped us off by telling us which way to go. The rest of the day went by quickly as we passed Jacksonville and picked up a ball (mooring ball) in Fernandino Beach which is only about a mile from the Florida/Georgia state line. Pic is of Fernandino Beach Marina.
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