noon
The course was intricate ; but Jack studied his chart closely ; and besides , they discovered that the channel was located by means of targets which doubtless had been placed there by the steamboat company , so that with any exercise of care they had little excuse for going astray . And as the last of Calibogue Sound was left behind they managed to reach the wide Savannah River , just as the sun was sinking in the west . When the adventurous six left Savannah in their wake , and struck in for the stream below the city which would take them to Wassaw Sound , they knew that they had really started on what was destined to be the last leg of the trip to Florida . By noon they had managed to make Ossaban Sound , and still kept on , hoping to cross the wide reach that formed St. Catherine 's Sound that same day . But it was not to be . The sky clouded up , the wind whipped into the northwest , and in a short time the boys realized that it was getting very chilly for this far south , in the middle of October . When they saw the wild aspect that wide stretch of tumbling water presented , it was quickly settled that the crossing must be put off until another day .