Posted by Claiborne | Posted on 01-05-2012
FLORIDA-ST LUCIE INLET TO FORT MEYERS AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE-OKEECHOBEE WATERWAY-ST LUCIE RIVER: Hazard to Navigation.
St Lucie River Daybeacon 22A (LLNR 50780) is destroyed and partially submerged. Mariners are advised to avoid the area. Chart 11428
January 6 we were moving west into Sunset Bay Marina (with the sun in our eyes), wondering where the daybeacon had gone to. This channel is narrow for a deeper draft sailboat, so stick to the GPS line or chart coordinates passing west or east of this area. The submerged alert is very helpful…extra caution to be taken when we leave.
Jane Bugg
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To A “Navigation Alert” Position at the Position of Marker #22A on the St. Lucie River/Okeechobee Waterway
Posted by Larry | Posted on 11-23-2011
FLORIDA-OKEECHOBEE WATERWAY-LAKE OKEECHOBEE-TAYLOR CREEK: S-193 Lock Refurbishment.
Mariners are advised to use caution when navigating around Lake Okeechobee and Taylor Creek, The S-193 navigation lock is located between the Lake Okeechobee and Taylor Creek, in the LD4 levee about 2.5 miles southeast of the City of Okeechobee, will be closed from APRIL 2012 through SEPTEMBER 2012. For additional information concerning this project may be obtained by accessing the Jacksonville District website http://www.saj.usace.army.mil and choose Operations Division and select Notice to Navigation.