Two Way Fish Camp is a real find! You must leave the AICW just south of Buttermilk Sound, and run a fairly lengthy, but well marked passage upstream on Little Altamaha River to find Two Way, but the journey is more than worth it.
Two Way Fish Camp is misnamed. This is actually a full service marina and repair yard, albeit one of the laid by variety. Don’t miss Mudcat Charley’s restaurant here. The seafood is basic, but sooooo good!

Stayed here on both loops. Floating docks, restaurant , small laundry. Not close to shopping or town.[This facility is] called Two Way as it goes from fresh to salt water twice daily.
Captain Sterling

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Kathy and Jim’s Frederica River anchoring experience below was very different from that of Captain Arnold, as related in an earlier posting here on the Net (/shoal-at-northern-mouth-of-frederica-river-near-st-m-665-5). I’m glad to hear that there seems to still be a good way into and out of this stream to and from the AICW. It is a beautiful cruise as the river cuts into the western shores of St. Simons Island, and anchoring off the historic fort is a wonderful historic experience, which will be even better when the landing dock is completed (see below).

We anchored in Frederica River across from the Fort last night. We are a sailing vessel with 5′ draft and entered from the southern end at mid-tide and maintained a minimum depth of 9ft. We left the northern end of the river at close to high tide and saw no less than 10ft. this was very similar to the conditions we saw in the fall when we were going south. As always, there is shoaling at each end and you have to pick your way between the two shores and pay close attention to the tide. The park is working on the dock, but it is still not complete.
Kathy & Jim Bearden
s/v Charm

We went up the Frederica River from the south on 4/11/2010 and anchored just south of the fort. Although we only draw 3 1/2 feet, we set the depth alarm at 6′ and it never went off. The fort is a great place to visit, but if you go in at high tide in your dinghy and tarry too long, you will have a very long slog back to the river through very deep mud. A visit to the site is well worth it if you can figure out how to do it. We continued through the next morning, again never seeing less than 6′ all the way to back to the ICW.
Allen Ames

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There is one thing I can say for certain about Kilkenny Marina. There is no middle ground with this place. Some cruiser love it, others hate it. Clearly, our fearless roving reporter, Captain Jane, is among this former group!

Sometimes you just don’t want to set that anchor and wonder several times a night whether or not that swift Georgia tidal current has you dragging into the marsh grass.
Kilkenny Marina offers just that respite between Georgia’s infamous Florida Passage and equally infamous Little Mud River to the select several boats it can take at its rickety yet floating face dock.
Kilkenny Marina is its own genuine Georgia coastal thing. Family run, with at least two generations visible, friendly and bereft of amenities but oozing authenticity, it’s a place we have enjoyed visiting twice in our decade of cruising the ICW and we’d happily do it again.
Special features of staying here include watching the power boats launching and unlaunching on the power lift by the transient face dock, in slip DIY fueling, hearing the waterfall like sounds of the
bait tanks while you sleep, a weathered and well-trodden ramp which at low tide makes you feel like a mountaineer, plenty of Spanish moss draped trees and gnats galore. Rachel Carson would be applauding in her grave at the news of this healthy ecosystem of gnats and swallows!
We love it here. And great news, the restaurant literally one dock over and a short land stroll away is open and thriving. Marker 107 is a seafood and steak restaurant that looks upscale yet homey. You can
spend a moderate or more than moderate amount for a meal depending on whether you go for the grouper sandwich, the Grey Ghost special seafood platter or a 12-ounce steak. The Grey Ghost is the shrimp boat docked outside the restaurant.
As you may have guessed from the restaurant’s name, just turn at Marker 107 and follow the marina signs down Kilkenny Creek. People at the marina say the food is excellent.
Marker 107 opens at 5 for dinner Wednesday through Saturday. It closes at 9 on Wednesday and Thursday and stays open until 10 on Friday and Saturday.

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The posting below from Captain John Haluska (copied from the AGLCA list) is very interesting, and contains a lot of useful cruising tips if you decide to go offshore along the Georgia coastline. However, let me make it crystal clear that neither I, nor anyone here at the Cruisers’ Net, is recommending the use of Wassaw Sound Inlet (see below). The one time I even had the nerve to take a look at this passage, we turned around and got out of there as quickly as possible!

Last year we were traveling though that area and were very worried about passing all of the low spots just before high tide and still being able to make a marina for the night. The tide cycle was not in our favor. We had good weather and decide to go outside. (Four looper boats)
The channel out of St Simon is great, no problem. Now it was where to duck back in. We were all trawlers and no one was anxious to do an overnighter. To make a long story short we called Thunderbolt Marine and they told us to come back in at Wassaw Sound Inlet. The chart does not show adequate buoys at that inlet, but the marina assured us that there were four more buoys to lead you from the sea-buoy to the charted buoys on the river. Just to be careful I called the Coast Guard and they confirmed the same.
The entrance turned out to be a piece of cake with one caveat. We navigated to the sea-buoy and then could not see any buoys. Talk about a bad feeling. Then I noticed on our radar one extra blip and
it turns out the the first buoy is very small and is located back to the southwest of the sea-buoy. We were far enough out that we went right by it on our way to the sea-buoy. We backtracked to that buoy
and then could see the next buoy to the North, and then from there the next buoy turned us West and into the mouth of the river. The river runs right up to the ICW and intersects just to the south of
Thunderbolt Marina. The run will let you pass most of the low spots in GA.
Safe Travels
John Haluska
M/V Emery El
DeFever 49 RPH

Two-Way Fish Camp should change its name to “Two Way Full Service Marina.” This facility offers just about every service cruisers would ever want, except for a Laundromat and Wi-Fi internet access.

Stopped at 2 Way Fish Camp yesterday for fuel, $2.60/gal for diesel. There are big currents getting in out of the fuel dock so you need to have your ship handling hat on or go in at slack. I was by myself and Jerry the dockmaster let me linger so I had dinner at their restaurant – was good. When I left I went down river a mile or so and anchored in the straight part of the river in 12′. Good holding strong currents. MM619.
Charles

Good Job Martha Ann,
Two Way Fish Camp and Mud Cat Charlie’s (restaurant)is an old stomping ground of mine. Hat’s off to ya for getting Martha Ann in and out of thefuel dock in any current. The fuel dock narrow fairway approach is 90 degrees to the current (which can reach 5+knts on the ebb) and the fuel dock area very tight and depending on the tide may be very skinny. We use to teach docking there because of it’s difficulty in certain conditions. You obviously passed!
Joe

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I love dropping our hook on the waters of Wahoo River. It is amony my very favorite of the less obvious coastal Georgia anchorages.
You do have to be careful to stay east of a point abeam of charted Wahoo Island’s easterly tip. Just a bit farther to the west, uncharted shallows will be encountered.

Spent a very quiet night here yesterday. We anchored in 17 feet at MLW with only a slight current and almost no wind. The anchor grabbed at once and set great. Very peaceful as has been the previous 3 times we’ve stayed here. This is a great protected spot for anything coming from the North or East.
Larry Morrow

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There is a wide swath of opinion when it comes to Kilkenny Marina. Some, like Captain below, find this facility charming. Others swear they can hear the “Deliverance” music playing in the background as the dock is approached. Let us know about your experiences here. Click on the “Comment on This Posting/Marina/Anchorage/Bridge” link below, and share your Kilkenny experiences.

Jan 30, 2010 If you want to get some insight as to what it may have been like cruising the ICW 40 years ago, plan to stop here. Very straight forward going up Kilkenny Creek. Side tie on port or starbgoard depending on tidal flow. Restaurant is now open. Call ahead to be sure. Restrooms open only during office hours (7am to 7pm). Really nice folks and real country. There is one long floating dock. Very dangerous on a frosty morn’. We left Harbour Town on Hilton Head ‘“ stopped at Kilkenny ‘“ and proceeded to Brunwick Landing. A perfect stopping point. Capt Dave
David Jenkins

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Redbird Creek intersects the Georgia stretch of the AICW just south of Hells Gate and the Ogeechee River. We have always found this streams makes for a secure overight stop, UNLESS the wind really gets its dander up. With this sort of especially foul weather in the offing, the marsh grass shores may not afford sufficient protection.

January 14 2010, We are anchored upstream on Redbird Creek in light winds. This is a great spot. We entered at low tide and the depths are a bit less than shown on the chart but we never saw less than 10 feet. If you want piece and quiet, this is the place. The middle of nowhere but we still have cell phone service. The only problem is finding adquate swing room between the crab traps.
Dave Boxmeyer

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Brunswick Landing Marina is located well off the AICW, on the shores of East River, near downtown Brunswick. This is a very popular facility with cruisers, particulary those who plan to stay in Brunswick for long perids of time.
Nearby, Jekyll Harbor Marina (Statute Mile 684.5) is located directly on the Jekyll Creek portion of the AICW, and these good folks are a SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR! This facility also features some of the friendliest folks you will ever encounter on the Waterway.

Clean, well run marina. Rates have gone up, $2.00 transient and $11.00 monthly. Electricity is metered and billed at $0.18 per kwh, 50% higher than I pay at home in Florida.
Fox’s retaurant has very good food and reasonable rates
Dick Hein

Redbird Creek is the first good anchorage available to cruising size craft, directly off the AICW, south of the Ogeechee River. As usual for this region, the shores are marsh grass, which does not give the best protection in really heavy weather. Otherwise, this is a fine overnight stop.

We are fogged in at an anchorage you described in your book, Redbird Creek, north of Florida Passage in Georgia. Great holding and depth just as you described. Nice save as we got fogged in yesterday
afternoon just after Hell Gate.
Captain Jane Tigar

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We had a posting some time ago here on the Cruisers’ Net informing one and all that the dinghy dock at the Fort Frederica National Monument was out of commission. There is good anchorage abeam of this attraction in the Frederica River, but the option of going ashore would make it ever so much nicer. Now, as you will read below, looks like the dock will be restored in 2010.

I just received this response from the Superintendent at Fort Frederica (Georgia) to my question about when, if ever, the dock would be reopened. Perhaps we’ll be able to stop and go ashore next year!
Bob McLeran and Judy Young

Thank you for your interest in the National Park Service at Fort Frederica National Monument!
This message is in response to your question regarding the boat dock along the Frederica River.
We are indeed planning to re-build the boat dock and have been working on it over the last months. Unfortunately, we are working at 1/2 the normal staff levels so we face the challenge of completing multiple projects with just two employees.
Our plan, at this point in time, is to aim for dock completion by March 2010. The park’s long term goal includes building a floating dock near the historic dock site in the town of Frederica. This will take extended planning and project monies to see to fruition but we are actively pursuing this project. It will prove a wonderful way to tie in the park history and provide modern accessibility to the site.
Again, thank you for your interest in Fort Frederica National Monument. Please stop by when you sail once again. Hopefully we will have the
dock completed by that time.
I look forward to meeting you.

Subject: Fort Frederica Dinghy Dock
Cruising News: It appears that the dinghy dock at Fort Frederica is being restored. As I passed by this morning, a park ranger was laying down planking on what appears to be a new dinghy dock.
John Viera
S/V Tyche

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Subject: Fort Frederica Dock mm678
Cruising News: Good news!!! We are currently anchored just outside Fort Frederica and their dinghy dock is currently under construction. There are a top few planks being added and for safety reasons access to the Fort is still blocked. However for spring time it looks like cruisers will be able to access the Fort!
Dick and Elle
m/v Summer Wind

Update – We anchored off Fort Frederica in late October, 2009 and snapped this picture of the dinghy dock under construction. It would certainly appear that it should be completed in time for the northbound Spring migration. Beautiful anchorage, by the way.
Jim and Nancy Tracey
M/V O’dea

The dock is there but it is a LONG way from the water at low tide! There is no evidence of a dinghy float yet. (4/11/2010)
Allen Ames

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You must leave the AICW and cruise upstream on the Ogeechee River for some distance in order to reach Fort McAllister Marina. However, from both Captain Eddy’s report below, and an earlier posting here on the Net’s “Georgia” Cruising News section, sounds like the detour may be worth it.

We are currently staying at Ft. McAllister Marina. Our boat draws 7 foot. we came in from the ocean and had no problem naviagating to the Marina. There are some navagation marker but mostly private ones. We had no problem following markers back. You can call the marina and they are more than helpful to give more detailed directions.
I would not recommend coming in on low tide if you draw more than 5 foot. There is a shoal just east of the marina on the north side. The marina itself has a depth of 23 ft at low tide.
The marina is well maintain full service marina. They can accomodate vessels up to 100 ft. The staff is very friendly and helpful. There are showers and free laundry. The resturant opened this past spring, “Fish Tales”. The food and staff is excellent. The menu varies in tastes and price. There is something for everyone. Just one downer …. no alcohol on Sunday. I would highly recommend this marina.
Captain Sherry Eddy

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More good words about Sunbury Crab Company! Don’t miss this unique facility, and not just because they are a SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR!

We left Savannah today and are currently docked at Sunbury Crab Co Restaurant and Marina up the Medway River @ mile 620 on the AICW. Elaine has extended a discount rate of $1.25 plus elect for AGLCA members (regular $1.75) and the 4 of us boats can attest to the down home hospitality that Sunbury has to offer. It’s one of those unique experiences like Hoppies or Bobbies Fish Camp except with real nice floating docks. They have a restaurant and bar on sight…we’ve been to the bar and it is truly unique…more later on the the restaurant. If you’re an AGLCA member and heading down the coast or when you’re heading up in the spring you should plan on making this a must stop.
Jim & Lisa Favors – Kismet

Our experience at Sunbury adds to the kudos this marina has already received! We arrived on a late November Monday (as it turned out the only cruisers that day), and the restaurant is closed Monday and Tuesday- No matter, we were welcomed into the marina AND invited to the restaurant, asked what we’d like and were then served a complete meal, at the time of our choosing! We picked fried shrimp and it was the VERY best, bar none, that we have ever had anywhere! It was fresh (caught that morning), sweet and just lightly battered and fried- the French fries were to die for as well!! This was our second stay at Sunbury ‘¦ the hospitality, service and food the first time were terrific, but all were exceeded this time! The Sunbury family treats cruisers as `most favored guests’ and the rural Georgia sea grass/marsh setting is exquisite- We’ll return and we recommend Sunbury Crab Company to all!!
Susan Scollay & Carolyn Bratt,
M/V Sojourner

After reading the above postings we called Bernard and secured reservations for last night, a very cold December Sunday. We were directed to their website for directions, which after careful reading took us right in’¦deep water most of the way, and we did not encounter any real skinny spots Note that it is almost 7 miles in, BUT WELL WORTH THE DETOUR. They are the third set of docks on the Sunbury Creek Canal and have a large flag on their fuel dock, which is up from the face dock. They are the nicest people, so hospitable and the food is GREAT. We had a special shrimp chowder and then a bucket (a big bucket-chock full) of Blue Crabs. It’s also a great place to stretch your legs, a short walk takes you to an old, and now well tended, graveyard. A really lovely family run marina and restaurant. We will definitely stop again on our way north next Spring. Thanks for the tip!
Ade & Jo Salzer
M/V Wandering Star

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I’ve stared at chart 11507 several hundred times since I began writing about the Georgia coastline in the 1980’s. And yet every time, keen observer that I am, I’ve missed the designation “Special Anchroage” on the waters of extreme southern Frederica River, south of Golden Isles Marina. In fact, I don’t remember seeing any (or certainly not many) boats riding on the hook here over the years.
Captain Emerson’t excellent, detailed report below rectifies that error on my part.
Now, I would very much appreciate input from the cruising community as to whether these waters should be included in the Net’s “Georgia Anchorage Directory.” Does this anchorage afford enough shelter and/or good holding ground to justify its inclusion, or not. I would really like to have some input from as many of you as possible. Just click on the “Comment on This Posting/Marina/Anchorage/Bridge” link below. Thanks so much in advance!

Lanier Island, on the Frederica River, has a designated anchorage area south of the fixed Frederica River bridge (9′ vertical clearance) and Golden Isles Marina. Currents are typical for this area (1-2 kts) as are the tides (about 8 feet). The holding is reported to be spotty, however our CQR dug in on the first try and has held through three tide changes. Wind protection is minimal, with a marshy spit to the west, open water north and south, and St Simons Island to the east but not close. Again, in unsettled weather, protection from wave action isn’t good. There is some wake from SeaTow boats, the Brunswick pilot boats, and larger power boats heading to the marina. Depths vary with the distance from shore. However, charts show the remains of pilings and we found one float, from a crab trap, that was just below the surface at high tide. Finally, although charts show a designated anchorage area, not setting an anchor light is simply asking for a rude surprise in the middle of the night.
We looked at the anchorage area a mile or two above the bridge. There’s a little more shelter from northerly and southerly wave action, but it can only be reached by following the river south or taking the narrrow cut north of Lanier Island.
Options ashore are limited. We called Golden Isles Marina and were politely told they don’t rent bicycles and the ones they have are for customers only – no surprise, really. The nearest source for a bicycle is 2 miles away, on St. Simons Island, and they don’t deliver bikes. We did find a dock, just above the bridge and on the St Simons Island shore, where it’s possible to tie up a dinghy and go ashore. Be careful of the fishing lines from people fishing from the pier! According to the park signs, overnight tie-ups are not allowed and tie-ups are limited to two hours when permitted. We walked ashore and found there are no obvious paths to follow into a town. The one map we have of the area shows only one road from the bridge or park and that’s busy road with no sidewalk. The only way to see the area, then, is to rent a car.
In short, the anchorage is good as a stopover, in settled weather, before making the final push, inside or outside, to Fernandina, FL. It doesn’t have much to recommend it as a place to stop and see the area. (As an aside, our plotted routes to Fernandina, inside and out, match within less than a mile. The choice comes down to the weather and preference for seeing Jekyll and Cumberland Islands or pressing on to Fernandina.)
Rick Emerson

Lanier Island isn’t a good place to be in bad weather, but it is a very good stopover point and, as such, should be listed. There were 4-5 other boats anchored there when we were there.
Cheers,
Rick

After extensive search with a depth finder, I could not find the charted submerged pilings. This confirms local knowledge that they dated from WW2 and have not been in existance since the ICW was moved from the East side of Lanier Island to the West side some time in the 50’s. Holding is spotty and the depths are less than charted toward shore. Also, about half of the designated area is occupird by a private marina (not Golden Isles which is North of the private marina). All this said, it is a useful anchorage in appropiate weather.
Captian JJ

There had been some earlier reports here on the Net about shallowing depths on the Creighton Narrows (south of Sapelo Sound and Front River) section of the Georgia AICW. Looks like Captain Emerson found good depths.

We ran Creighton Narrows an hour after low tide today (15 Nov 09) and didn’t have problems with our 6′ draft.
Rick Emerson

New Teakettle Creek, which runs off the AICW’s passage through (guess what), Old Teakettle Creek, offers several overnight anchorages. The marsh grass shores do not give the best protection in really heavy weather, but, hey, that’s true of most coastal anchorages in the Peach State.

An anchorage I had always meant to try, but had never fit into my travel day. Planned it out, anchored up past Mary Creek about 0.5 mi, a little bit to port of the charted deep water, and had good anchorage, with 10-15 kts out of the NE.
Capt Bill,
s/v Kittiwake

We anchored in New Teakettle last night, Nov 15, and got in just at sunset and near high tide. There were about 6 boats already there, and lots of room left over. We anchored in about 20′ at high water, and found the holding to be excellent. Not only that, but that chain and anchor came up clean! Lots of room to swing, and the chorus from the marsh creatures (frogs? birds?) was like nothing we’ve ever heard before, and this is our 6th or 7th trip on the ICW
James Forsyth
S/V Solution

Anchored there in opur 41′ boat; also anchored in Duplin River (mm649.3) and anchored 11/04, 5/05 and 11/09 in Back River (mm651.3) in our 53′. There is lots of current, but plenty of room to swing; enter on North side and anchor on south side as the north side is cused by fishing boats. Also anchored: 5/06 (mm525.5) Cattle Pen Creek, 5/05 (630.0) Wahoo River.
We have also anchored many times in Frederica River (mm665.7 to 673.4). We look forward to Georgia anchorages when the bugs are not too plentiful!
Margo

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