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or Sidney Hawkes, an executive with Mead Corporation until his retirement
in 1996, the perfect way to end the day at Cabin Bluff Sporting Plantation was
on the long wooden dock that pokes out into the Intracoastal Waterway.
Looking out on tranquil waters that lap ashore on Cumberland Island, he'd gingerly
cast a line. Rod in hand and weary from the day's hunts, Hawkes would revel in the
sunset vista. Decades later, it remains etched in his mind's eye.
"After dinner, I would be ready to go to bed. But I had to go out on the dock first,"
Hawkes says. "There were sea trout you could catch and leave in the box, and when
you came into the dining room in the morning, they'd be cleaned and cooked for you
for breakfast."
That's how they do it at Cabin Bluff.
For the next owner of Cabin Bluff, the
$64,000 question will be whether to
continue its matchless legacy or harness
its resources on an even greater scale.
Te xt by Corinne Garcia
Cabin Bluff's historic timber-framed dock and pavilion can easily accommodate up to eight powerboats. Vessels up to 120 feet long can moor to the main dock.