On Saturday October 7, Charlotte and I rounded the buoy at the club at 5:10 PM. We got off to a late start as we attended a wedding in Macon. We had a great sail to the power lines on the Oconee River without tacking the first time. At about 6:30 while Charlotte was sailing towards Goat Island, I cooked supper. We had “Cheese Burgers in Paradise” but unlike Jimmy Buffet we had hot chocolate to go with our burgers. The cook did an outstanding job. We made it to Goat Island at 7:30 and called Jack Sterrett as we sailed passed his house. He flashed his porch lights as we sailed by. We sailed on passed Crooked Creek Marina with the full moon, listening to the Georgia game and drinking hot chocolate. Life was good, at least until the second half. We sailed to the place we anchored for the night, about halfway between Crooked Creek and Oconee Springs. We dropped the anchor at 11:15 and were in bed by 11:30. We slept in, at least by my standards to 8:30. We ate breakfast and we were under way by 9. The wind was on our nose and would remain that way until we reached our destination. Once we passed Oconee Springs the water becomes very shallow and the channel is hard to sail without getting into shallow water. We managed to hit bottom two times on the way up. On the second time we raised the keel all the way up and left it that way until we passed Oconee Springs on our return trip. We made more tacks than I care to mention, but we made it to within site of the Highway 16 bridge and turned around to head home. Just before we got to Oconee Springs while sailing in the middle of the channel with the keel up, we hit something hard, I am not sure if it was log submerge or an old tree stump.We are seeing all these bass boats flying up and down the channel and wonder how they do it without hitting something. We sailed wing on wing most of the way back to the power lines on the Oconee River. Just before we got to Crooked Creek we ran up on Jack Sterrett sailing and we sailed back to Goat Island together. We made it back to the club at about 5 PM. It was a great 24 hours, sailed the whole way and never needed the motor…….Life is Good. > Points: Sailed to from the club to within site of Highway 16 bridge 400 Put the boat in Irons 10/7 and recover 10 Put the boat in Irons 10/8 and recover 10 Spend the night on boat at anchor 20 Under sail without motor we anchored and left the same way 25 Total Points 465