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Robert Creech, an experienced cruising captain and frequent presenter for America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association, is inviting all interested skippers to join him at Legacy Harbour Marina, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, for a review of charts, marinas and anchorages from Marathon, FL to Norfolk, VA.
Informative Presentation by Robert & Kay Creech
Reviewing Charts, Anchorages, Marinas, from Matathon, FL to Norfolk, VA
Atlantic ICW Chart Review 1:00pm Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at Legacy Harbour Marina
There will be a review of charts, marinas, and anchorages of the areas from Marathon, Florida to Norfolk, Virginia, to include the Keys & the Okeechobee Waterway presented by Robert and Kay Creech (MV C-Life). The review will be held in Suite B, Cooper’s Landing, at Legacy Harbour Marina, Fort Myers, Florida, at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Robert and Kay live in Southport, NC, and have traveled the Atlantic ICW numerous times since 2000. Pen and paper may be helpful to take notes.
The session will begin with a brief overview of The Great Loop. Robert and Kay completed the Great Loop in April, 2009, in Southport, North Carolina The session will take approximately 3 to 4 hours. There is no charge for this session. If you are interested in attending the session please email Robert (RSVP) at robertcreech@earthlink.net, so he will know an approximate attendance.
The address is Cooper’s Landing Building 2030 West First St., Fort Myers, FL 33901. Parking is available in the marina over-flow lot, the fenced area across the street from Joe’s Crab Shack Restaurant. Do not park in the hotel parking lot or the gated marina lot or Joe’s Crab Shack parking lot. Suite B, Cooper’s Landing Building is located in the building next to the Joe’s Crab Shack parking lot. Enter the building by the door on the north side of the building, the side facing the Joe’s Crab Shack.
Kay & Robert Creech
MV C-Life
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Beaufort Inlet shipping channel intersects the Waterway in Beaufort at statute mile 205.
SAFETY/BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL/ATON/CCGD5 BNM 077-20
CCGD5 BNM 077-20
1. (77°20.0000N / 001°0.0000W, 77.333333 / -1.000000) THE FOLLOWING AID TO NAVIGATION CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
A. BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL LB 1 (LLNR 29329) RELOCATED TO APPROX POSIT 34-37-38.323N, 076-40-57.393W (34°37.6387N / 076°40.9565W, 34.627312 / -76.682609) .
B. BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL LB 2 (LLNR 29330) RELOCATED TO APPROX POSIT 34-37-36.621N, 076-40-48.347W (34°37.6103N / 076°40.8058W, 34.626839 / -76.680096) .
C. BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL LB 3 (LLNR 29331) RELOCATED TO APPROX POSIT 34-38-37.129N, 076-40-43.291W (34°38.6188N / 076°40.7215W, 34.643647 / -76.678692), NOMINAL RANGE CHANGED TO 4NM.
D. BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL LB 4 (LLNR 29332) RELOCATED TO APPROX POSIT 34-38-36.286N, 076-40-34.158W (34°38.6048N / 076°40.5693W, 34.643413 / -76.676155) .
E. BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL LB 7 (LLNR 29345) RELOCATED TO APPROX POSIT 34-40-33.946N, 076-40-13.175W (34°40.5658N / 076°40.2196W, 34.676096 / -76.670326), CHARACTERISTIC CHANGED TO FL G 2.5S, NOMINAL RANGE CHANGED TO 4NM.
F. BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL LB 8 (LLNR 29350) RELOCATED TO APPROX POSIT 34-40-33.300N, 076-40-06.750W (34°40.5550N / 076°40.1125W, 34.675917 / -76.668542), CHARACTERISTIC CHANGED TO FL R 2.5S, NOMINAL RANGE CHANGED TO 4NM.
G. BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL LB 12 (LLNR 29370) TEMPORARILY DISCONTINUED.
H. BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL LB 13 (LLNR 29372) TEMPORARILY DISCONTINUED.
3. CANCEL AT //031200Z MAR 20//
This lighted channel buoy is on the west side of the inlet channel near G3 and R4.
1. THE FOLLOWING AID TO NAVIGATION CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE.
A. BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL LIGHTED WHISTLE BUOY BM (LLNR 720/29328) RELOCATED TO
APPROX POSIT 34-36-39.830N, 076-41-11.975W (34°36.6638N / 076°41.1996W, 34.611064 / -76.686660), RENAMED TO BEAUFORT INLET CHANNEL
LIGHTED BUOY BM (LLNR 720/29328) WHISTLE AND RACON REMOVED.
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1/2/20 Federation, Partners Focus on Water Quality
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12/28/19 ‘Protecting Paradise’ features champions of the environment in the Keys
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12/21/19 How Microbes Reflect the Health of Coral Reefs
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12/18/19 A federal plan to save coral reefs
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12/7/19 “There’s poison in our water.”
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12/6/19 Disease wastes South Florida’s corals, despite end of bleaching
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11/19/2019 Submerged Vegetation Mirrors Coast’s Health
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10/31/19 While red tide persists in Collier, Sarasota-Manatee levels normal
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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GADNR/Coastal Resources Division
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GADNR/Coastal Resources
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10/15/19 King tides: South Florida’s had 4 straight days of record high tides
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Any info on the east coast?
Patti – I think this report addresses thru title only, so E. Coast not as sever as Gulf. In fact we see very little on that side except around St Lucie area “maybe”
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