I. Recent ARGUS Sounding Data Indicates Shallow Water on Channel From Clearwater Pass to Clearwater Municipal Marina
II. Caution Required at New Bridge Construction south of Norfolk, VA, AICW Statute Mile 3
III. Swan Point Marina Reopens Under New Ownership/Management (North Carolina AICW, Statute Mile 247
IV. Darien, Georgia Looks to Attract Cruisers With 48-hour FREE Dockage
V. New Cruising Craft Friendly, Floating Dock at Leland Oil Company Marina, McClellanville, SC
VI. Free Waste Boat Pumpout at Tarpon Basin Anchorages Praised (FL Keys Inside Route, St. M. 1139.5)
VII. GREAT News – Restaurant Now Open Beside Marineland Marina (Statute Mile 796)
VIII. Sunset Beach Fixed Bridge Clearance Gauge Corrected, AICW Statute Mile 338
IX. BIG News in the Florida Anchoring Rights Struggle – St. Augustine’s Anchorage Regulations Challengd in Federal Court
X. Historic Roanoake River Lighthouse Now Perched Atop Its New Home in Edenton, NC Dockage Basin
XI. Matecumbe Bight Anchorage (FL Keys Inside Route, St. M. 1166)
XII. Bridge Pointe Marina (New Bern, NC on the Trent River) Closed For New Dock Installation
XIII. Submerged Tree in Alligator/Pungo Canal, AICW Statute Mile 119.9
XIV. Good Depths and Gasoline Found in Everglades City (south of Marco Island – Western Florida)

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I. Salty Southeast Cruisers Net, SURVICE Engineering and EarthNC Form Tri-Partnership to Bring Revolutionary Sounding Data to the Cruising Community!
II. How Does It Work
III. A Few Words of Caution
IV. NONE of This Would Have Been Possible Without the Support of Our Sponsors

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I. Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net Partners With Marinalife To Provide Online Dockage Reservations
II. How Does It Work
III. Once Again, Our Sponsors Deserve All Your Thanks
IV. There’s More Coming
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I. Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net Special Spring, 2012 Transient Season Alert.
II. AICW Problem Stretch Directory
III. Navigational Alerts
IV. Fuel Price Directories
V. “Best-Buy Fuel Price Finder” Service
VI. Find the Best Fuel Prices In a Port of Call
VII. Find Sources for LPG (Propane) Tank Refills and Exchanges
VIII. Cruising News
IX. Marina Directories
X. Anchorage Directories
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I. Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net Alert Newsletter Honored With The “2011 Constant Contact All Star Award”
II. Good Navigational Advice About AICW/Bakers Haulover Intersection “Problem Stretch”
III. Good Jacksonville, FL Bridge News
IV. Another Report Of Shoaling at AICW/Browns Inlet Intersection (Statute Mile 237)
V. Come One, Come All to Eastern Florida Webinar Slated For Monday, March 26 at 8:00 pm (Eastern Time)
VI. GOOD NEWS – Closing of Moore Haven Lock/Okeechobee Waterway Delayed
VII. Absurd/Bizarre Proposed Florida Anchorage Regulations
VIII. Caution Required When Entering Lake Boca Raton Anchorage (AICW Statute Mile 1048)
IX. Question About Boca Grande Pass Swash Channel…(Western Florida Coastline)
X. Uncharted Marker/Shoaling On AICW/Stono River (South Carolina AICW, Statute Mile 480)
XI. Depth Controversy on Sister Creek, Alternate Entrance to Boot Key Harbor (Marathon, FL)
XII. Floating “Big Black Drums” Navigational Hazard in Hawk Channel, Offshore from Marathon
XIII. A Tall Ship Will Make Washington, NC Waterfront Docks Its New Homeport
XIV. GOOD NEWS – AICW Dismal Swamp Canal Route REOPENS
XV. Lots of Other North Carolina Cruising News
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I. GOOD NEWS For Florida/Okeechobee Waterway Cruisers
II. An Unfortunate Storm May Be Brewing in Marathon’s (Florida Keys) Boot Key Harbor
III. GREAT “Photo of the Week” – Don’t Miss It!.
IV. Shallower Depths Reported Off Punta Gorda, FL Waterfront (Western Florida – Charlotte Harbor/Peace River)
V. Shad Fishing Nets Reported Along South Carolina AICW/Waccamaw River
VI. Security Concerns at Bahia Mar Marina (Fort Lauderdale, FL – Statute Mile 1064.5)
VII. Shallow Depths Reported on Indian Key Channel, Leading to Everglades City (Western Florida, 10,000 Islands Region)
VIII. Missing Marker And Potential Hazard to Navigation Reported in Georgia AICW/Buttermilk Sound
IX. 3rd Annual Martin County Nautical Flea Market & Seafood Festival, Stuart, FL
X. North Carolina’s Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Will Not Open During Spring, 2012
XI. Cruisers’ Anchored Off Punta Gorda Waterfront Can Beach Their Dinghies (Western Florida – Charlotte Harbor/Peace River
XII. Two “New” Tarpon Springs Marinas (Western Florida, near Anclote Key)
XIII. Good North Carolina Winter Marina News
XIV. Carolina Beach, NC Mooring Field Nears Completion (near Statute Mile 295)
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I. 2nd Annual Treasure Coast Oyster Festival, 3/10/2012 & 3/11/2012, Stuart, FL.
II. Anchored Sailcraft Located Near Western Florida ICW – No Longer An Impediment to Navigation (
III. Partially Sunken Vessel Reported Hard by Fort Myers Beach/Mantanzas Entrance Channel (Western Florida Coastline)
IV. Don’t Dare Miss The Week’s Photo Contest Winner
V. Okeechobee Waterway/St. Lucie River, South Fork Marker #25 Destroyed
VI. Shoaling in Big Foot Slough Channel, Ocracoke, NC, Pamlico Sound
VII. Disturbing News About Anchoring in St. Petersburg, Florida (off the Western Florida ICW, on Tampa Bay)
VIII. Manatee Pocket Dredging Complete (Statute Mile 987, near Stuart, Florida)
IX….Abandoned Vessel Reported Near Anclote River Entrance Channel (near Western Flroida ICW St. M
X. .\Dredging Underway at Lockwoods Folly/AICW Intersection, Statute Mile 321
XI. Dockage Basin Dredging Underway at Fernandina Habor Marina (Statute Mile 716.5)
XII. Massive Sewage Spill Reported in the Cape Fear River, South of Wilmington, NC
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I. Latest AICW Marina’s Information – Brunswick, GA to Cocoa, Florida
II. Niles Channel Navigational Difficulties (Florida Keys – off Hawk Channel Between Marathon and Key West)
III. Popular North Lake Worth Anchorage Dinghy Landing Closed (Statute Mile 1014)
IV. Dredging of Entrance to Bimini Bay/Galati’s Yacht Basin Set To Begin 1/25/12
V. Scheduled AICW CLOSURE at the Skidaway Narrows Bridge, Feb 14 – 20, 2012 (Statute Mile 592.8)
VI. Belhaven Town Dock Open for Business, Pantego Creek, AICW Statute Mile 135.5
VII. Help Sought From the Western Florida Cruising Community to Help Clarify a VERY Confusing Local Local Notice to Mariners’ Posting (Western Florida ICW, near Clearwater Beach, FL)
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I. Our Sincere Thanks to the Cruising Community for a GREAT 2011
II. Western Florida ICW/Pine Island Sound Marker #45A Destroyed (St. M. 16.5)
III. Attention: North Carolina and South Carolina Cruisers
IV. Shoaling Worsening at Intersection of AICW and Browns Inlet (North Carolina AICW, near Statute Mile 237)
V. Marina/Anchorage Review Contest Now in Full Swing!
VI. VI. Charlotte Harbor Marker #4 Destroyed/Damaged (Western Florida, northeast of Boca Grande Pass)
VII. VII. Okeechboee Waterway/St. Lucie River Daybeacon Destroyed (Stuart, Florida)
VIII. A Great Anchoring Tale
IX. Shallow Spot in Cedar Key’s Northwest Channel (Western Florida – Big Bend Region)
X. St. Johns River “FEC Bridge” May Be Partically Closed Until Mid-March, 2012 (Jacksonville, FL)
XI. Dredging and Marker Replacement at AICW/Matanzas Inlet Intersection Pays Off (Statute Mile 795)
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I. Our Last 2011 Alert
II. South Carolina AICW Bridge Schedule Changes
III. Two Florida Keys Festivals Set For Late January, 2012
IV. Western Florida ICW Shoaling Reported South of The Englewood – Manasota Key – Tom Adams Bridge
V. Good Experience in the St. Augustine Mooring Field (Statute Mile 778)
VI. AICW/Daytona Beach Shoaling Noted Near Marker #44 (Statute Mile 831.6)
VII. Restrictions on Isabel Holmes Bridge in Wilmington, NC
VIII. Shoaling Reported in Ponce de Leon Inlet, near AICW Statute Mile 839.5
IX. Winter, 2011-2012 North Carolina Cruising News
X. In-Depth Article Now Available About Anchoring on Boca Grande Bayou (Western Florida)
XI. St. Marys Town Dock (off the AICW, on St. Mary River, near St. M. 713)
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I. GOOD News – St. Augustine No-Wake Zone To Be Extended – Southern St. Aug. Mooring Field to Benefit
II. Georgetown SC Dining (AICW Statute Mile 403
III. Englewood Beach Anchorage (Western Florida, ICW, Statute Mile 43.5)
IV. Dredging Underway in North Miami Beach at the AICW/Bakers Haulover Inlet Intersection
V. DON’T Miss This Photo
VI. LOTS of Florida Anchoring Rights News
VII. A Fond Look at Oriental, NC (Statute Mile 181)
VIII. AICW/Shalotte Inlet Intersection Dredging Scheduled for December, 2011 (Statute Mile 330)
VIII. Possible Debris in Waterway from Holden Beach Fire (North Carolina AICW, Statute Mile 324)
IX. Okeechobee Waterway Depths as of 12/9/11
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I. Hazard to Navigation on Main Tampa Bay Channel.
II. A Humorous Look at Florida Manatee Zones
III. Our THANKS to the Cruising Community
IV. Bike Thefts at Cooley’s Landing, City of Fort Lauderdale Municipal Docks
V. Excellent Explanation of Florida Restrictive Speed Zones
VI. Elizabeth City Bridge Now Open after Repairs
VII. Complicated Anchorage Plan Proposed for Manatee Pocket
VIII. Hazard to Navigation Reported on Crystal River near Salt River (West FL Big Bend Region)
IX. New Dock Planned for Vilano Beach, AICW Statute Mile 775.5
X. Avoid G81 at Intersection of AICW and Shallotte Inlet, Statute Mile 330
XI. Reports from Calabash Creek Anchorage, AICW Statute Mile 342
XII. Laudatory Reviews Posted For Two South Carolina Marinas
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I. Superb Blog Site Provides Dinghy Access Info for Western Florida Grocery Stores
II. Marker # Changed at AICW/Bogue Inlet Intersection (AICW Statute Mile 227)
III. Semi-Sunken Wreck Reported Near Florida Key’s Hawk Channel
IV. Government Cut Vs. East Pass Inlets (Florida Panandle, between Apalachicola and Carrabelle, Florida)
V. Improvements on the Way For St. Augustine Inlet (Statute Mile 776.5)
VI. Port Royal Landing Marina Invites the Cruising Community for Thanksgiving Dinner
VII. Cruisers’ Net Announces Availability of Alphabetical Marina Directory Listings For All Coastlines
VIII. Tampa Bay’s North Yacht Basin/Vinoy Basin CLOSED to Anchorage
IX. Sunken Anchor Chain Reported Between the Crystal and Withlacoochee Rivers (Western Florida)
X. Florida Keys Inside Route Aid to Navigaton Damaged and Temporarily Replaced
XI. AICW/Little Mud River – November, 2011 Depth Report (AICW Statute Mile 655)
XII. More on AICW/Ashepoo Coosaw Cutoff Shoaling (Statute Mile 515)
XIII. North Palm Beach Nautical Christmas Parade Set For 11/26/11
XIV. Anchoring Hassles Reported Near Anna Maria Island (near St. M. 92, south of Tampa Bay)
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I. Great In-Depth Article about Dinner Key Marina and Mooring Field, Plus Coconut Grove Community
II. Shoaling Worsens On Two AICW Problem Stretches
III. Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net Now Offers “Alphabetical” Index of Georgia Marinas
IV. Detailed Okeechobee Waterway Crossing Report As of 10/12/11
V. Captains Greg and Susan Han Post Dramatic Live-Fire Video Link
VI. Report of Shallow Water in AICW/Masonboro Inlet Intersection (Statute Mile 285.5)
VII. Charleston, South Carolina Swim Event Set For Sunday, October 23, 2011
VIII. Norfolk/Portsmouth Belt Line RR Bridge Transit Not Affected by Repairs!
IX. Praise for Charleston Harbor Marina, AICW Statute Mile 465
X. Ponce de Leon Inlet, North Jetty Light Destroyed, AICW Statute Mile 843
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I. Change in Georgia Live-Aboard Law
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I. “Spot Dredging” Underway at Intersection of AICW and Browns Inlet (near Statute Mile 237)
II. Captain Charmaine Smith Ladd Tells All About The Newfound Harbor Anchorage (Florida Keys)
III. Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net Now Offers “Alphabetical” Index of North and South Carlina Marinas
IV. Duck Weed No Longer A Problem on North Carolina’s AICW/Dismal Swamp Canal Alternate Route.
V. DRAMATIC “BOATLIFT, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience” Video Now Linked From Crusiers’ Net
VI. A Sad Passing in the Cruising Community
VII. Morning Swim Event Will Close AICW, Myrtle Beach, SC, October 8-9, Statute Mile 359.
VIII. “Wave Attenuators” Being Added to Bird Sanctuary South of Alafia River Channel (Tampa Bay)
IX. No-Wake Zones on the Western Florida ICW, Between Sarasota and Fort Myers
X. Eyewitness Report on Martin County (Stuart, Florida) Mooring Field Pilot Program
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I. Latest on Hurricane Irene Recovery Efforts
II. Full Fuel Price Reporting Service Re-activated
III. “Life Aboard in the Keys: Where Last Names Are Optional”
IV. Dredging Complete in AICW/Matanzas Inlet Intersection, Statute Mile 795
V. Dredging Project In Brunswick, GA Harbor May Hamper Access
VI. Two Interesting Reviews of Western Florida Marinas
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I. Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net Adds Beaufort, North Carolina Photo Gallery
II. Dramatic Photo Depicts Why North Carolina Outer Banks Marinas May Not Have Reliable Power For Two Month
III. Okeechobee Waterway Will Be Open For Fall, 2011 – Winter, 2012 Cruising Season
IV. Positive Movement on Georgia Anti-Liveaboard Law
V. Both AICW Passages From VA To NC Open and Ready for the Fall, 2011 Transient Season
VI. Punta Gorda (Western Florida) Mooring Field Ready For Business
VII. Crucial Aid to Navigation NOT Replaced on Troubled St. Augustine Inlet
VIII. Hazard to Navigation Reported Near Stump Pass Channel (off Western Florida ICW, St. M. 41)
IX. No Hurricane Irene Damage Noted On the AICW Between Gerogetown, SC and Wrightsville Beach, NC
X. Thoroughfare Creek Idyllic Anchorage, AICW Statute Mile 389
XI. New Web/Facebook Site Established to Promote Florida Anchoring and Cruising Rights
XII. Update on Hazard in Watts Cut, South Carolina AICW Statute Mile 503

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I. Swamp Wildfire Closes AICW Dismal Swamp Canal Alternate Route (Northeastern North Carolina)
II. Navigation Instructions for AICW/Matanzas Inlet Intersection, Statute Mile 793
III. Okeechobee Waterway To Be Closed 9/19/11 to 11/14/11
IV. Stump Pass Being Remarked (near Western Florida ICW Statute Mile 41)
V. Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net’s Florida Keys and Western Florida Marina Directories Updated
VI. Dredging Underway in St. Augustine Inlet, near AICW Statute Mile 776
VII. Marker Restored and Hazard to Navigation Removed On Bowlegs Cut, Florida Keys Inside Route
VIII. Dramatic Photo Illustrates Shoaling Problems on St. Lucie Inlet (near AICW St. Mile 988)
IX. New Pipeline to be Installed Across Peace River near the Interstate 75 Bridge (near Punta Gorda, Florida)
X. Concrete Debris Reported Along the Path of the Georgia AICW in Altamaha River (Statute Mile 657
XI. Avoid Channel Leading from Cape Fear River Marker #41, to the AICW at Marker #162A
XII. Update on Florida Keys Pilot Mooring Field Program/Anchoring Regulations

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