I wonder why they group like that? Birds of a feather…Line up together

I often see this police line-up of birds on the shore. FV Gina Ann with all her gear proudly displayed

That would allow me to make Daytona Beach the next day. Today however, I planned to use of all the daylight to get south of Jacksonville, FL. I’ve anchored in the Amelia River a few times. MV Acadia had followed me through the Navy exercises area and was now breaking off to go anchor in the Amelia River. Hurricane Matthew Oct 2016 just offshore of Amelia Island I think it was Hurricane Matthew that caused a lot of damage to the Fernandina Beach area and boats. It’s moving at 18.1kts! 3X faster than Simple LifeĪs I cruise on… the fog lifts for a moment to allow me to see this sexy girl passing me. AIS however, shows me all kinds of vessel information. Radar just shows me a large target with position and speed data but no identifying info about the vessel. It is certainly not hard to spot visually but I’m having trouble seeing much of anything out the pilothouse windows. The Maersk Edinburgh is 1201′ long and has 158′ of beam. On this day, the USCG had issued a warning over the VHF about an Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV) called the Maersk Edinburgh. Norfolk harbor has non-stop large ship traffic transiting its entrance channel. Moments later we are discussing plans to meet up at Top Rack Marina in Chesapeake, VA. I use the MMSI # from her AIS info and program it into my VHF to place a DSC individual call to the boat and instruct their DSC radio to automatically switch to CH#69 as soon as they ACK my DSC call. It’s now 10AM and as I pull out of the anchorage, I check the AIS ( automatic Identification System) and see Effervescence IV is just a just a few miles ahead of me. Her owner and I had introduced ourselves and exchanged numbers just incase we should wind up near each other on our trips south this winter. Effervescence IV was on the hard next to Simple Life in Warwick, RI, one month ago. I can finally read the name, MV Effervescence IV. As I enjoy my morning coffee, I look up at see that the other boat in the anchorage was now leaving.

Patriots fog horn sound