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Posted by admin | Posted on 01-04-2007
Statute Mile: 378
Lat/Lon: near 33 39.524 North/079 04.706 West
Location: on the charted loop cutting into the Waccamaw’s southeasterly banks, northeast of unlighted daybeacon #31
Minimum Depth: 10-18 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for boats as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent
Rating:

Special Comment: entry into this anchorage is surrounded by numerous shoals. Use of a GPS chart plotter is recommended to facilitate safe passage
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Posted by admin | Posted on 31-03-2007
Statute Mile: 377
Lat/Lon: near 33 39.227 North/079 05.748 West
Location: anchorage will be found, northwest of flashing daybeacon #36, just behind the charted island’s northwesterly point
Minimum Depth: 20+ feet in anchorage – 8 foot minimum approach depths
Swing Room: sufficient room for boats as large as 30 feet
Special Note: swing room has been reduced in this anchorage by the recent construction of several private docks
Foul Weather Shelter: Very good except in very strong northeasterly winds
Rating: 
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Posted by admin | Posted on 30-03-2007
Statute Mile: 380.5
Lat/Lon:
33 36.424 North/079 05.333 West (outer, westernmost anchorage)
33 36.402 North/079 05.271 West (inner anchorage)
Location: found on the centerline of the Creek’s northern mouth, southeast of the ICW’s flashing daybeacon #43
Minimum Depth: 18-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for boats as large as 34 feet
Foul Weather Shelter:
Rating:

Special Comment: many excellent anchorages are available along the length of Bull Creek between its intersection with Waccamaw River, and its juncture with Little Bull Creek
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Posted by admin | Posted on 29-03-2007
Posted by admin | Posted on 28-03-2007
Posted by admin | Posted on 27-03-2007
Statute Mile: 386.5
Lat/Lon: near 33 31.637 North/079 06.870 West
Location: found on the waters a short hop upstream from the creek’s intersection with the Waccamaw, west, northwest of flashing daybeacon #66
Minimum Depth: 7-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for boats as large as 34 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent in all but southeasterly winds
Rating:

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Posted by admin | Posted on 26-03-2007
Posted by admin | Posted on 25-03-2007
Posted by admin | Posted on 24-03-2007
Statute Mile: 395
Lat/Lon:
33 27.009 North/079 11.048 West (anchorage abeam of first northeasterly running offshoot)
33 26.976 North/079 11.252 West (anchorage just upstream of anchorage listed above)
Location: Jericho Creek makes into the northwestern shores of the Waccamaw River, north of flashing daybeacon #83
Minimum Depth: 8-feet
Swing Room: only sufficient room for boats as large as 32 feet; elbow room is tight in this anchorage
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent
Rating:
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Posted by admin | Posted on 23-03-2007
Posted by admin | Posted on 22-03-2007
Statute Mile: 403
Lat/Lon: 33 21.428 North/079 18.674 West
Location: anchorage is located on the upper reaches of the Sampit River, west of the charted 65-foot high-rise bridge, and between the actual and charted location o the 61 foot power lines. Sailors, TAKE CAREFUL NOTE of this potentially deadly obstruction
Minimum Depth: 20 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for boats as large as 48 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good
Rating:

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Posted by admin | Posted on 21-03-2007
Statute Mile: 415.5
Lat/Lon: Near 33 11.564 North/079 16.703 West
Location: on the waters of Minim Creek hard by the southern foot of the Minim Creek Canal, just south of flashing daybeacon #4
Minimum Depth: 8-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for boats as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, but marsh grass shores do not render sufficient shelter in really heavy weather
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Posted by admin | Posted on 20-03-2007
Statute Mile: 415.4
Lat/Lon: Near 33 11.388 North/079 16.376 West
Location: off the ICW’s southeastern flank northeast of unlighted daybeacon #5
Minimum Depth: 7 to 7 1/2 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for boats as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair; open to southern and northerly winds
Rating:

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Posted by admin | Posted on 19-03-2007
Statute Mile: 416
Lat/Lon: Near 33 11.114 North/079 16.602 West
Location: off the ICW’s southeastern flank northeast of unlighted daybeacon #5
Minimum Depth: 8 ½ feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for boats as large as 36 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Poor; open to southwestern and northeastern winds
Rating:

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Posted by admin | Posted on 18-03-2007
Statute Mile: 417.5
Lat/Lon: 33 10.178 North/079 17.467 West
Location: the seward side branch of the North Santee River intersects the Waterway southwest of flashing daybeacon #15
Minimum Depth: 7 ½ to 8 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for boats as large as 48 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair to Poor; open to southerly winds
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Posted by admin | Posted on 16-03-2007
Posted by admin | Posted on 16-03-2007