We made it St Augustine Tuesday after our overnight passage
from the Bahamas. Getting there late we picked up one of the few remaining
moorings and waited until morning to call in to Customs and Border Patrol SVRS
since the numbers I called were only working 8-5.
So Wednesday morning I called in and after some time was
able to finally connect with the right agent and got our clearance to reenter
the US. SVRS is an effort by the government to facilitate entry for small
boaters who frequently go in an dout of the country. It takes some prep and
coordination but it sure beats going to a customs office at an airport and
standing in line.
Then we moved into a slip at the St Augustine Municipal
Marina as early as we could so we could begin the work we needed to do. On the
way in we topped off our fuel tank for the first time since Man O War Cay. It
was nice to see fuel prices with a 3 handle instead of a $4 first digit as it
was everywhere in the Bahamas.
We knew our visit to St Augustine was going to be short and
intense. In about 3 days we cleamed up the boa from several days offshore,
visited our storage unit in Jacksonville to get some things we needed, did some
provisioning and spent some time with one of my daughters and her family.
After rushing around for a few days while enjoying the
charming St Augustine we made ready for our departure on up the coast. So about
mid-day Saturday we undid the docklines and left for Beaufort, NC. A trip of
about 370 miles. Probably more if you count slip to slip.
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