Left Jacksonville and continued South to St Augustine. After stopping for fuel we arranged for a mooring ball with the St Augistine city marina. Our first experience at a mooring ball. Bettilynn and I worked out some hand signals for anchoring and they worked equally well for retrieving the mooring pendant. She drove the boat and I did all the work in the cold rain!! Seems fair.
We liked swiging on the "ball"; far less expensive ($20 / day) than paying transient fees at a slip AND it gave us the opportunity to bring the dingy down and explore St Augustine.. The marina also had a free water taxi, but it was more fun in our own boat.
Bettilynn in one of the many alley shops and restraunts in St. Augustine. This is a great city to explore!!
Lots of old churches and buildings, some dating back to the eary 1800's.
Another view of Mavourneen "on the ball". We met several other boaters doing the same thing -- heading South to the Bahamas. We hosted a few on our sun deck the night before leaving, exchanging e-mails, blogsites, and promises to meet at various places in the Exumas!!
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