Welcome to Cruisers’ Net!
Claiborne S. Young Phone: 336-584-1935 |
March 1, 2010 Updates
Cruisers’ Net Visitor Testimonials
|
We are very pleased to welcome “Anchors Away Boatyard” of Hampstead, NC, as a participating sponsor with the Cruisers’ Net. Anchors Away is right on the Atlantic Intra-Coastal waterway for all those making passage through NC. We are really blessed in North Carolina to have some great boatyard facilities on board with us and Anchors Away is no exception. Away Boat yard is located at mile marker 90 on the ICWW. From the North, Marker 90 is approximately 3 miles South of the Surf City swing bridge. From the South, Marker 90 is approximately 20 miles North of the city of Wilmington. Bill or Dennis can help you with most any issues and you’ll certainly like the overall ambiance focused on providing you with a positive boatyard experience. Join us please in welcoming Anchors Away Boatyard !! www.anchorsawayboatyard.com
We’re also pleased to welcome the Florida Muncipal Marinas Association. As you travel through the Sunshine State, the Florida Municipal Marinas Association invites you to stop and visit our clean and friendly facilities. Click to learn more about the Florida Muncipal Marinas Association and the Florida Clean Marinas™ program.
The Administration released its FY11 budget earlier this month!
The Corps estimates that it will take approximately $41 million a year to maintain the AIWW at its authorized 12 foot depth. The budget as proposed authorizes $9.3 million for projects in 2011. Only a little more than $3 million is for dredging. Georgia, South Carolina and Florida received NO funding for dredging. This is unacceptable!! Read the rest of the budge high… ah, “lowlights.”
Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net Floridian Fuel Price Pages Updated 2/16/10
http://cruisersnet.net/category/east-fl-fuel-prices/
http://cruisersnet.net/category/keys-fuel-prices/
Florida Anchoring Rights Editorial Reprise
On January 9, 2010, I posted a special article, and sent out an “Alert,” to this list concerning a small victory in the Florida anchoring rights struggle. We reported that in Sarasota, the city attorney chose to drop all charges against, “Captain Pete” who had been ticketed for violating the local “500 foot” anchoring restriction.
As many of you know, I’m currently (2/6/10) working on a major SSECN article/editorial about the state of the Florida anchoring rights struggle, and Captain Pete’s Sarasota exoneration will certainly figure into that story. However, that article is another two weeks or so away. The purpose of this editorial reprise is to answer two e-mails I received in response to my “Captain Pete Alert.”
Those who follow the link below will discover that both messages raise the ugly issue of abandoned vessels and what I call “live-aboard hulks.” These related problems are, in my opinion, the real bugaboo for the cruising community when it comes to any discussion of Florida anchoring rights.
So, I have reprised a 2008 Salty Southeast Crusiers’ Net anchoring editorial which speaks to these concerns. I urge one and all who have even the vaguest interest in ever dropping the hook in Sunsine State waters to go to:
http://www.CruisersNet.net/florida-anchoring-editorial-1-whence-come-the-anchorage-regulations
AICW Closed in St. Augustine 1/25/10 to 1/30/10 AND At Other Dates in February, 2010
We have just posted an important message about complete closure of the AICW this week in St. Augustine, AND at others times during this coming February. These closures are being brought about by construction work on the Bridge of Lions. Sometimes I think this project will NEVER end. It already seems to have gone on forever! So, if you will be cruising anywhere in or around the historic city of St. Augusine, for the next six weeks or so, run, don’t walk to our Eastern Florida Cruising/Regional news geographic sub-page, “St. Augustine (Statute Mile 446 to 780)” at: http://cruisersnet.net/category/east-fl-st-augustine/
Captain Jane Takes On Dinner Key Marina and Boot Key Harbor
Our fearless, roving reporter, Captain Jane Tigar, has just filed two in-depth articles. The first takes a look at Miami’s Dinner Key Marina and its adjacent Coconut Grove neighborhood , and the second takes a gander at Boot Key Harbor in Marathon (Florida Keys), along with its city run marina. If either sounds at all interesting, just follow the links below for a full reading!
Captain Jane’s Article on Dinner Key Marina:
http://www.CruisersNet.net/dinner-key-marina-and-coconut-grove-captain-jane-reports-st-m-1094-5
Captain Jane’s Article on Book Key Harbor and Boot Key Harbor City Marina
http://www.CruisersNet.net/captain-janes-in-depth-look-at-boot-key-harbor-marathon
That’s all for now! Good luck and good cruising to all!
Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net Announces Fuel Price Coverage for Eastern Florida’s St. Johns River
The Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net is proud to announce yet another new, free service to the cruising community! Effective immediately, we are now offering full coverage of fuel prices, plus gasoline ethanol free status and fuel discount schedules, for most every fuel stop on Eastern Florida’s St. Johns River. We begin at Mayport, near the St. Johns intersection with the briny blue, track our way west to Jacksonville, then south all the way to Lake Monroe and the city of Sanford.
So, if your plans call for a cruise of the magnificent St. Johns, run, don’t walk to our new St. Johns Fuel Prices page at;
http://cruisersnet.net/category/st-johns-fuel-prices/
There are two other ways to find the “St. Johns Fuel Prices” page. Either click the “Fuel Prices” button on the blue, horizontal menu bare ABOVE our sponsorship panels, and select “St. Johns River,” or click the “Eastern Florida” button on the red, accordion style menu along the right side of all (except “Chart View”) Cruisers’ Net pages, and select, “St. Johns Fuel Prices” from the menu that opens.
Did we miss any good fuel stops along the St. Johns River? If you know of one we are not reporting, PLEASE contact me at CruisingWriter@CruisersNet.net.
Happy fuel pumping on the St. Johns!
Aids to Navigation Problems Reported on St. Augustine Inlet
Just this morning (1/19/10), we posted an important message from Captain Jay Bliss, St. Augustine Port Commissioner, about problems with aids to navigation on St. Augustine Inlet. This posting provides invaluable navigational advice for ANYONE who will be traversing this passage. So, if this describes you, go to our Eastern Florida Cruising/Regional News geographic sub-region page, “St. Augustine (Statute Mile 446 to 780)” at:
http://cruisersnet.net/category/east-fl-st-augustine/
Once the page comes up, scroll down just a bit. The posting in question currently lies atop this sub-section, though that will change as new messages are received.
Dredging Underway at Gordon Pass (Western Florida, near Naples)
Western Florida cruisers will be happy to learn that a dredging project is now underway on the waters of Gordon Pass, just south of Naples. This is an important inlet, as the vast majority of boating traffic to and from Naples makes use of this passage. The inlet channel has been shoaling along its northern edge for several years, and there have been any number of previous postings on the Net about the problems this shallowing has caused. Well, soon those problems will be only a bad memory. Check out the full story by going to:
http://www.CruisersNet.net/dredging-underway-on-gordon-pass-near-naples-fl
North Palm Beach/Parker Bridge Restricted to One Span Openings (Eastern Florida AICW, Near St. M. 1014)
Here’s an item that will be of interest to Captains piloting multi-hull craft, or larger motor vessels. Construction at the North Palm Beach/Parker Bridge has restricted this span’s operation. Read the full details by going to our Eastern Florida Cruising/Regional News geographic sub-region page, “AICW, Great Pocket to Palm Beach (Statute Mile 988 to 1030)” at:
http://cruisersnet.net/category/east-fl-great-pocket-palm-beach/
The undersigned user ( . user ) of this bulletin board, in consideration for the conditional right to post and view content herein, agrees as follows:
1. All postings hereon are subject to the editorial control of the owner of this interactive computer service provider or the authorized agent(s) thereof.
2. All postings by, on behalf of, or related to this user are intended to be published on the internet and are subject to removal, withdrawal, rejection or other necessary editorial control, and the user, for him/her/itself and any heirs, successors, administrators, executors, successors, agents and affiliates and assigns, as applicable, hereby waives any and all claims arising out of, or related to, any editorial action by this interactive computer service provider or any owner, affiliate or authorized agent thereof.
3. User, for him/her/itself and any heirs, successors, administrators, executors, successors and assigns, as applicable, acknowledges that his or her or its use of this bulletin board may be terminated at any time, for any reason, by the interactive computer service provider or the authorized agent thereof, and this user for him/her/itself and any heirs, successors, administrators, executors, affiliates, successors, agents and assigns, as applicable, hereby knowingly waives any and all rights, claims and cause(s) of action against the interactive computer service provider, and any and all owner(s), authorized agents and assigns thereof, which arise out of, or relate to, any termination of posting privileges or other termination of the use of this bulletin board.
4. This interactive computer service provider, and all owner(s) and authorized agents, is/are immune from any legal liability for any allegedly slanderous, libelous obscene or copyrighted matter posted hereon by another information content provider, provided, furthermore, that user, for him/her/itself and any heirs, successors, administrators, executors, successors, agents and assigns, as applicable, hereby agrees to defend and indemnify the interactive computer service provider, and its owner and his agents and assigns, of and from any and all claims, civil actions, demands, and damages arising out of or related to any postings by or attributable to this user on this interactive computer service provider; and
5. Any and all claims and causes of actions against the interactive computer service provider and/or its owners and authorized agents, shall be arbitrated under the provisions of the North Carolina Arbitration Act. The place of arbitration shall lie exclusively in Alamance County, North Carolina. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of North Carolina.
