Wahoo River to Brunswick Landing Marina (docked)
June 20, 2025
Boat life can be really relaxing: lots of nature and big sky moments. There are interesting birds and dolphins galore.
Today was the first time I spotted alligators in the ICW, even though we traveled this same way in the same season a few years ago.
John’s got an instinct for navigating. I don’t.
I don’t love taking the wheel, especially if the water is skinny or if there’s a lot of twists and turns. Today I was following our previous tracks (on our Garmin) and bumped the bottom. Captain John got us off pretty quickly but this shook me – especially since my phone app (see the screenshot) showed thin water. I hadn’t updated our Garmin prior to taking off on Wednesday so our chart plotter wasn’t showing current conditions.
Much of our day was through tight-ish, shoaly rivers at lowish tides. That’s the part of boat life that’s not at all relaxing. We bumped a few more times and left a few f-bombs floating on the Little Muddy River (so aptly named).
Last night we made a decision to “not push it” today – our plan was to break the 50 mile trip to Brunswick into two shorter days. We wound up going to Brunswick today.
We had a great tide and wind in St Simon Sound and flew at 8 knots for a while. After the slow going in the Little Muddy River, this felt great
Today we went 49.9 nautical miles (over 57 statute miles). We’re docked at a marina so we can refuel, get rid of trash, grab some ice, and walk around a bit
I am also using the marina wifi to download updated Garmin charts – these are huge files and take forever but at least they should prevent some bumps.
Life on Lailia 
Awesome pics and love the map sharing. It really helps tuning into your journey. Making amazing progress and what experiences along the way. Be safe.
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