Flight was advised to keep to port while passing under this bridgeWednesday 1/28/09
We still had the two keys for the shower rooms as we left the slip at 07:30 so we made a close and slow pass going by the fuel dock where an attendant was waiting with a net on a long pole. As we approached his position he stuck the net out and Polly dropped the keys into it. As I said previously, this is a large marina and the slip we were in would have been a 20 minute walk (one way) around the basin to the office, so the “slow pass and drop” is the SOP for returning keys. The ride to St. Augustine was smooth and uneventful except the occasional A-H operating a fast powerboat and passing close enough at high speed to cause potentially damaging wake. Just south of St. Augustine we passed an Island Packet sailboat (like the one we used to own) named “SURPRISE” and we had a radio chat with the folks aboard. We recognized the boat because it has been at our home marina in Rock Hall from time to time in past summers. But that aside, we arrived at the entrance to the San Sebastian River about 1:30 PM, and idled up the small river to our destination, Oyster Creek Marina, where Paul Walsh, the dock master met us to help with our lines. The slip was marginally narrow but we managed to fit FLIGHT in without touching the Mainship 40’ trawler located in the slip to our left with about 18” clearance. After getting our power cords connected and the sign-in paper work completed, we decided to take advantage of the policy that gives all marina guests half-price beers (all the time) at Hurricane Patty’s, the marina’s restaurant.
During the first cold draft we decided to treat ourselves to a late lunch. My burger was great but Polly’s fish & chips, not so great. Later that evening the left-over shrimp from the Aquarium served to round out our day’s nourishment needs.
We still had the two keys for the shower rooms as we left the slip at 07:30 so we made a close and slow pass going by the fuel dock where an attendant was waiting with a net on a long pole. As we approached his position he stuck the net out and Polly dropped the keys into it. As I said previously, this is a large marina and the slip we were in would have been a 20 minute walk (one way) around the basin to the office, so the “slow pass and drop” is the SOP for returning keys. The ride to St. Augustine was smooth and uneventful except the occasional A-H operating a fast powerboat and passing close enough at high speed to cause potentially damaging wake. Just south of St. Augustine we passed an Island Packet sailboat (like the one we used to own) named “SURPRISE” and we had a radio chat with the folks aboard. We recognized the boat because it has been at our home marina in Rock Hall from time to time in past summers. But that aside, we arrived at the entrance to the San Sebastian River about 1:30 PM, and idled up the small river to our destination, Oyster Creek Marina, where Paul Walsh, the dock master met us to help with our lines. The slip was marginally narrow but we managed to fit FLIGHT in without touching the Mainship 40’ trawler located in the slip to our left with about 18” clearance. After getting our power cords connected and the sign-in paper work completed, we decided to take advantage of the policy that gives all marina guests half-price beers (all the time) at Hurricane Patty’s, the marina’s restaurant.
During the first cold draft we decided to treat ourselves to a late lunch. My burger was great but Polly’s fish & chips, not so great. Later that evening the left-over shrimp from the Aquarium served to round out our day’s nourishment needs. 
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