1000 – Slack tide – crossing under Fredericka River Bridge –
bellies full of strong black coffee, bacon and supersized cheese omelet.
1038 – Crossed in St Simon Sound 7.5 – 8 knots calm rising
temps
My Mate
1050 – Jekyll Harbor
Creek
1130 – Days first dolphin lots of cormorants
1400 – Kings Bay Navy Base – home of a nuclear sub.
Just heard a Coast Guard secruite’ call – reporting a “run-away’
boat. Yes that is spelled right. Standard lingo when transmitting in the VHF
marine band radio. Secruite’ is used to announce important safety information.
Anyone can make a secruite’ announcement but it better be important5 – the
Coast Guard is listening. It this case the Coast Guard was actually doing the
announcing. It goes like this “Secruite’, secruite’, secruite’ – this is the Coast
Guard. And then the message. In this case a boater had discovered another boat
with two people aboard who had lost an engine – not literally of course – it
had stopped running. Apparently they did not an anchor aboard so good Samaritan
boater #1 took the two unfortunates (who were probably drunk) aboard which
means boat #2 was abandoned and now a run-away – thus a hazard to navigation –
thus the secruite’ call. It was fun listening to the Coast Guard trying to get
an accurate description of the location of this happening, of the boat and
circumstances.
These communications are in fact very serious and were
devised to ensure safety at sea.
Secruite is not to be confused with a Mayday call – only used
when human life is imperiled.
1500 – Welcome to Fernandina, FL Temp 77 degrees. Fueled up
at the Fernandina Harbor Marina and now on an anchor just off channel and
mooring field. YEA for us!
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