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Warnings of Pirates in the Caribbean
If you were thinking of heading for waters below the Bahamas this winter, take heed to this warning from the Washington Post and submitted by our friend, Sonny Reeves.
They be pirates’
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A Free Mobile App from the US Coast Guard
A new toy to eat up more of your smart phone’s memory. It does look like a fun app for recreational boating! If you try it, send us a review.
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Notes from the Coast Guard Auxiliary
Submitted By Alan Moose USCG Aux. Aug 9, 2018 (0)
The United States Coast Guard has released a free mobile app, designed to provide key boating safety information on your iPhone or Android smartphone. The official U.S. Coast Guard app gives you 24/7 access to the most commonly requested information and resources for the recreational boating public. Download the free app from the Apple and Google Play online stores. Search for the app named “United States Coast Guard.”Be the first to comment!
Dare County, NC, Moving Ahead on Inlet Dredge Vessel Plan
The two-year project to build a dedicated dredge for NC waterways should insure a much more consistent dredging of the NC inlets and intersecting ICW.
Dare Moving Ahead on Inlet Dredge Plan
Coastal Review Online
DARE COUNTY — As the need for dredging in North Carolina waterways has long ago surpassed the availability of funds and equipment to dredge, Dare County, with the help of $15 million provided in the recent state budget, is about to try something different: Build a dedicated dredge to maintain its waterways.Be the first to comment!
Red Tide and Green Algae Sickening Floridians and Killing Marine Wildlife
This report from NBC is important and worth reading! See also Lake Okeechobee Discharge and Red Tide – Can anything be Done?
Toxic red tide is making Floridians sick — and angry
Red tides in the Gulf of Mexico and toxic blue-green algae in inland waters are killing animals and stoking outrage in South Florida.
by James Rainey / Aug.03.2018 / 3:13 PM ETRed tide, and the fish it kills, slam into Anna Maria Island
Bradenton Herald
Murky brown waves quietly washed dead fish onto empty Anna Maria Island beaches on Monday. Waters in both the Gulf of Mexico and Sarasota Bay …Sarasota grapples with red tide’s effects from YourObserver.com
Sarasota beaches were inundated with the unpleasant sights and smells associated with red tide this weekend. How does the community deal with the fallout?0 Facebook Likes, 1 Facebook Reactions
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- Reply to Sonny
267 tons of dead fish collected from Sanibel alone. We wanted to put that number in perspective. More details >> https://on.fox4now.com/2M8J23p
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Cruisers’ Net Earns Discount for New Members in AGLCA
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association is an extremely active and involved organization supplying information and support for all member cruisers, not just active Loopers. Open their website, greatloop.org, and get a taste of what membership is about.
The Great Loop is the continuous waterway that encompasses the eastern portion of North America including the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, the Canadian Heritage Canals, and the inland rivers of America’s heartland.
Our members range from experienced Loop cruisers to boaters in the midst of Looping; those planning on one day cruising the Great Loop to those simply exhilarated by the process of learning about the journey. Every level of interest is welcome, no restrictions or limitations! Whether you’re young or just young at heart, still working or retired, ready to travel full time or only every-so-often; whether you’ve got a powerboat, sailboat, trawler, rowboat or no boat; whether you are doing the Great Loop or dreaming, you’ll fit right in, come aboard!
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Stubborn Outboard Remedy Sought
One of Cruisers’ Net’s generous contributors who has shared expertise for your benefit, via their excellent blog, The Crabby Captain and the Sunny Sailor, now requests your assistance with a problem many of us have suffered through. Let us hear your suggestions.
Help us before my husband throws our Mercury outboard in the water!
We have a 2003 Mercury 15hp outboard motor on our dinghy (which we purchased with our Beneteau sailboat) and it shuts down (or off) when under a heavy load.
He had a mechanic rebuild/service the carburetor ($300) and still have the same problem.
Since then he has tried:
-Changing the fuel tank and hoses (helped it to work for a while and then went back to the same problem)
-Changed the fuel in the tank
-Changed the gaskets and fuel filter
-Changed the spark plugs.
Does anyone have any helpful suggestions so that he doesn’t end up throwing it in the canal? My sunny side can only get us so far!
Please send help! (Or a new motor if you have one!)
Thanks
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Repairing or Replacing Your Bimini by Eddie and Cara
Our thanks to Eddie and Cara for sharing their repair expertise as recorded in their excellent blog, The Crabby Captain and the Sunny Sailor.
Just today I need my top.
Everyone needs a top from time to time and our sailboat’s Bimini needed some repairs. Here is some how to’s to help fellow boaters do the same. From threading the Sailrite sewing machine, to replacing the marine vinyl, we tell you how to do it step by step. And maybe you will see us with no top!Be the first to comment!
Reminder: Beware of Vessel Documentation Renewal Offers
Over-priced renewal services crop up every year and, again, we remind you that renewal through http://www.uscg.mil/nvdc is faster and the least expensive process. See https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/1a25ee8 for more info.
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Monday Minute – Midsummer Maintenance by Bill Parlatore
Our thanks to Bill Parlatore for permitting Cruisers’ Net to post articles from his excellent blog, Following Seas.
It’s been a crazy summer around Annapolis, with constant rain and heavy humid air on Chesapeake Bay. Not much fun for boating, but as we move into the second half of the season, it’s a good time to do some midsummer maintenance.
Bill ParlatoreMonday Minute – Midsummer Maintenance
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Lake Okeechobee Discharge and Red Tide – Can anything be Done?
Our thanks to longtime cruiser and regular Cruisers’ Net contributor for this disturbing report from south Florida.
Hi Capt,
We moved ashore to St James city Florida last August (Jean needed another hip replaced) and we still cruise on our new to us 30 Mainship Pilot. Come down and visit we have room in our canal home. The fishing was great until a month ago the discharge from Lake O and the red tide hit the area. Our last visit to Cayo Costa made us sick from all the dead fish and the red tide made us ill. Dead 400lb groupers, dolphins, manatees and over 300 turtles line the shores of Sanibel, Captiva and Cayo Costa, even a whale dead on the beach. The sad truth is no one in government is doing much than saying the same things they always do. The red tide comes every year, but the Lake O discharge is a fixable problem.Now our biggest concern is the water here has gone from beautiful and clean to horrible and filled with dead
Consider sharing with your readers the petition.The picture is a canal in St James City. You can google the latest news and see more dead manatees and sea turtles.
Semper Fi!
Sonny Reeves
Be Salt and Light, wash feet!
St James City Fl 33956
see blog https://saltlightwashfeet.wordpress.comWorst red tide bloom in over a decade kills hundreds of marine mammals along Florida’s west coast
AccuWeather.comThe toxic red tide that’s decimating Florida’s marine life
NBCNews.comRed Tide Invades Florida Beaches, Killing And Injuring Marine Life
NBC 6 South FloridaDead fish, red tide, plague Florida tourists, beaches
Tampabay.comComments from Cruisers (2)
- Reply to Wade
We cruised east to west across the Okeechobee Waterway a little over a week ago. Saw and smelled the algae, witnessed and smelled the dead fish AND saw crabbers emptying their traps in the same water along the Caloosahatchie River above Ft. Myers. The state and local governments allow the crabbers to harvest their crop in that filth? Someone told me that “hey, the crabbers have to make money to feed their kids.” Does that make it OK? Enjoy your stone crab claws and your crab cakes.
Wade Ehlen
- Reply to Bob
They need to embark upon a long term dredging and remediation project to get rid of the organic muck in the lake that feeds the algae. Instead, both PB County and the Corp are interested in small, inexpensive projects that will not improve anything but they can then say they are doing something. They actually want to dig more containment basins to hold more water and muck. Or they want to skim the algae off the top of the canals so it doesn’t look as bad. No one seems to have the courage to address this problem correctly and remove the organic sediment from the lake. Will be expensive and take many (10+) years but it will stop the algae blooms. And yes, I am involved with some proposed remediation that is unlikely to happen.
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What is the Future of Information? by Bill Parlatore
Our thanks to Bill Parlatore for permitting Cruisers’ Net to post articles from his excellent blog, Following Seas.
Time to step back from social media and regroup. How we get our information has changed in recent years, and not for the better. We need to rethink where we look for answers and updates. A new world is emerging that embraces a more human connection.
What is the Future of Information?
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Winter Storage Still Available! Atlantic Yacht Basin, Great Bridge, VA, AICW Statute Mile 12
Atlantic Yacht Basin, A CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR, is located just south of the Great Bridge lock and bridge at Mile Marker 12.
Customize Your Storage Plan to Fit You & Your Boat
Click Here To View the VA to NC Cruisers’ Net Marina Directory Listing For Atlantic Yacht Basin
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Atlantic Yacht Basin
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Feeling Hungry? Check Out New Downtown Eateries, Elizabeth City, NC, AICW Alternate Route
Elizabeth City, A CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR and the friendliest-to-boaters community on the Waterway, is located on the Pasquotank River off the northeast corner of Albemarle Sound and at the southern end of the Dismal Swamp Canal Route. With the canal fully open to navigation, this wonderful community continues its calendar of exciting events, making a stop at Mariners Wharf in the heart of Elizabeth City a must!
Discover These Delightful Ways to Savor Locally Prepared International Cuisine
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LNM: Destroyed ICW Light 128, AICW Statute Mile 285, Wrightsville Beach, NC
This destroyed ICW light is on the west shoulder of the Waterway immediately north of its intersection with Masonboro Inlet channel.
2. SEC NC BNM 348-18
3. NORTH CAROLINA – NEUSE RIVER TO MYRTLE GROVE SOUND (CHART 11541)
4. NEW RIVER – CAPE FEAR RIVER LIGHT 128 (LLNR 39625 [34°11.8130N / 077°49.4033W, 34.196884 / -77.823389]) RPTD DESTROYED. PORTIONS MAY REMAIN.Be the first to comment!
Monday Minute – Integrate, Innovate, or Evaporate by Bill Parlatore
Our thanks to Bill Parlatore for permitting Cruisers’ Net to post articles from his excellent blog, Following Seas.
Times have changed since we first talked about integrating all electrical systems on a boat, even a complex trawler or sailboat. The marine industry wasn’t ready for it, but that is all behind us now. For lots of reasons, 2018 may be considered The Year of Integration in recreational boating.
Monday Minute – Integrate, Innovate, or Evaporate
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Good Words for Twin Dolphin Marina, off Tampa Bay on the Manatee River
Twin Dolphin Marina, A CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR, sits perched on the southern shores of Manatee River, just short of the Highway 41 Business bridge. We get lots of praise, like these good words from AGLCA member Kathy Anderson, for this fine marina and their commitment to facility upgrades, see FOCUS ON.
Twin Dolphins marina in Bradenton is in our top 5 marinas from our western 1/2 loop in 2014. Close to downtown which has a Saturday market, and it has a lovely restaurant onsite. It also abuts the river walk which is great for walkers and runners. Plus they have fun Christmas decorations and not far from Siesta Key/Sarasota (except for seasonal traffic). They have a pool, as well as the usual amenities. When we visited on our land vacation this past winter they were making some improvements to some of the docks.
Kathy AndersonClick Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Twin Dolphin Marina
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Bahamas Boating Fees to Increase?
This article, with LOTS of comments from boaters, is by Natario McKenzie in the Tribune242.
New transport minister targets boating revenue from Miami Tribune
Sunset Pictorial by Anthony Pozun
Our thanks to experienced sailor, Tony Pozun, for sharing sunset photos from his solo ICW voyage from New Jersey to Florida on sailboat Mystic Paradise.
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Toxic Fish Kills on Lake Okeechobee
Our thanks to experienced cruiser, Sonny Reeves, for sending in this report on Lake Okeechobee from weather.com.
Lake O and our fish kills/toxic beaches
This is not a new problem. Video and story of who is making money off this is from 2016
https://weather.com/news/news/florida-toxic-lake-okeechobee
Sad to mad……
Sonny Reeves
Be Salt and Light, wash feet!
on the ICW see blog for where http://ontheofficewautoteacher.blogspot.com/
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