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Brickhill River Anchorage @ Cumberland Island

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We fired up the The Office and proceeded to motor to Cumberland. The weather promised to be nice for the next few days. We were fortunate to enjoy a nice ride down at 1400 rpm @ 7.5 kts to Cumberland Island. Our anchorage is 9.5 miles down the ICW from Jekyll Harbor Marina (  http://www.jekyllharbor.com/  ) on Jekyll Island where we have a home slip. Location chart view   http://cruisersnet.net/cruisersnet-marine-map/?ll=31.0463,-81.4225&z=14&highlight=1 We turned off the ICW at Brickhill River and went past the primitive campsite avoiding the sand bar we anchored in 11 ft of water at mid high tide. There was one sailboat a mile away. A few fishermen visited while we were there, otherwise we were  alone. Click here for a chart view of the anchorage  http://cruisersnet.net/cruisersnet-marine-map/?ll=30.8865166667,-81.4621&z=14&highlight=1 We towed the dinghy, our 11 ft Boston Whaler, she rode easy in our wake with no problems. To visit Cumberland we r