Oct 10 Duncan Cove Anchorage to Pebble Isle Marina

Oct 10

 Left our very nice and protected anchorage right at 8 AM after  a fitful nights sleep.  Light breezes and plenty of moonlight.

GPS plotter shows we  swung a full 360 degrees overnight at anchor

  A long day running fairly hard to get in 60 miles and make our next destination – Pebble Isle Marina.  It took a full 8 hours of running at 7 knots to make it to the marina by 4PM.  They like to close at 4 but we got there just in time and then needed to fuel up, so they wound up staying a bit later to make sure we were topped off and  secured for the night at the transient dock.   Had a fairly stiff southerly breeze all day kicking up a light chop but mostly the wind on the bow and a slight adverse current  just seemed to be pushing against the boat and slowing our progress.


We made it through the land between the lakes and then into the lower part of Kentucky lake which is in Tennessee.  There’s a little more development along this section but still not too bad. It really is a pretty lake and scenic area.  The water is a bit clearer than on our home turf at Lake Hartwell.   I think it’s primarily due to the soil.   We have that red clay soil that erodes into the water staining it after every rainfall while the soil here appears mostly sandy brown and rocky which keeps the water clearer.  


Not much of particular interest during the days travel.   Passed an old railroad bridge crossing from before they flooded the valley.   Left some of it but imploded the center section to provide an open area for boat traffic.  Then right next to it was some sort of building listed on the charts simply as “Abandoned Docks”.   Not sure why it wasn’t torn down before they filled the lake – it just looks eerie now all vandalized and unused. 

Imploded missing bridge section 

"Abandoned Dock" per the navigation charts 

 We saw virtually no debris through this section until we came to a very significant deadhead floating in the middle of the channel as we approached the marina.   It reminded me of the imaginary sea serpents with its head and 2 humps sticking out of the water – Nessie (Lock Ness monster), Chessie (Chesapeake Bay monster) and I guess this was Tessie??  (Tennessee River monster).  I just know it would have ruined our day if we had hit it.

Journey for Oct 10