A recently launched website from NOAA’s Precision Marine Navigation (PMN) program will improve the use and accessibility of NOAA’s marine navigation products and services. The website, Marine Navigation, includes links and short descriptions to NOAA’s various navigation resources, providing a one-stop shop that mariners can visit to get the data they need.
New NOAA website provides marine navigation resources in a central location
NOAA Office of Coast Survey
The Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center is located adjacent to the Dismal Swamp State Park, offering trails, exhibits and ongoing programs in Camden County, NC. Docks are provided by the Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR and a NC DOT Rest Area facility. See Sept 16 Update and Dismal Swamp Canal Closed. Our thanks to James Newsome for these kind words. See In Memorium Robert Peek.
Historian David Cecelski illustrates with photos and family lore the story of fishers from Down East Carteret County who found their way to Lake Erie more than a century ago.
Whitehurst fishery: A Down East community on Lake Erie
CoastalReview.org
Wounded Nature-Working Veterans is a group of veterans, non-veterans and active duty military personnel run by Captain Rudy Socha, a former Marine turned conservationist. The non-profit volunteer organization is working to cleanup, preserve and protect our coastal environment, particularly from derelict vessels.
Results from the cleanup!
Wounded Nature-Working Veterans
Under the leadership of Lt. Mike Day, local Coast Guard units marshalled a force of volunteer mariners to pick up survivors and carry them across the harbor to safety. When the local Coast Guard commander put out the call for “all available boats” to make their way to lower Manhattan to help rescue people stranded due to the closure of bridges and tunnels, the response was widespread and immediate. An armada of tugboats, ferries and other vessels quickly arrived on the scene and, in a collective undertaking of tremendous skill and grit, safely evacuated 500,000 people. It was the largest maritime evacuation in history, even exceeding the heroic achievement at Dunkirk in 1940.
9/11: Remembering the Heroes of the Lower Manhattan Boatlift
Maritime Executive
The Coast Guard and American Maritime: A Vital Post-9/11 Partnership
Maritime Executive
There is always plenty to do around Charlotte Harbor, especially during the Fall. While berthed at Fishermen’s Village Marina, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, you are certain to enjoy visiting Western Florida’s beautiful Charlotte Harbor/Peace River.
Good ‘Ole Days Coffee and Ice Cream – Key lime pie ice cream, key lime pie shakes, key lime cookies
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This article is scary. The experience is one of life or death and the advice given is worth heeding.
Commentary: My firsthand experience with an algal bloom
CoastaleReview.org
In a year with very few tropical systems, Hurricane Four of 1913 received barely a notice by the Raleigh office of the Weather Bureau of the United States.
A shipwreck believed to be the George W. Wells is shown on Ocracoke Island after being exposed by waves produced by passing Hurricane Teddy in September 2020. Photo: Cape Lookout National Seashore
1913 storm thrashed ships, and a rescue led to accusations
CoastalReview.org
This dataset contains mapped boundaries of intertidal oyster reefs and washed shell deposits found along the SC coast. Our thanks to Ted Arisaka for this information.
This dataset contains mapped boundaries of intertidal oyster reefs and washed shell deposits found along the SC coast. Reefs were mapped through a combination of automated and manual techniques using 4-band (blue, green, red, near-infrared) digital orthophotos with a theoretical ground resolution of 0.25 meters. These photos were taken from 2003-2006 and can be downloaded. The project area covered those sections of the SC coastal zone where oysters had historically been mapped by the SC Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) in the 1980’s. The area spans 122 USGS quarter quadrangles (DOQQs).
Sixty of the mapped DOQQs were ground-truthed by boat to assess accuracy. The initial mapping process met the overall minimum accuracy requirements of the project (80% correct classification) and was completed through a joint effort between Photo Science Inc. and SCDNR. Since 2006, low-altitude helicopter photography (see photo below) has been used to edit and update the initial data product. In 2016, 18.5% of the mapped oysters had been updated using helicopter photography. Edits and improvements to this data product are ongoing, and this dataset will be periodically updated.
A link is included below for a table that lists initial accuracy and editing status data by DOQQ. Accuracy scores listed were calculated for the initial product and do not reflect the results of low-altitude helicopter photography editing, so these scores should be considered to be the minimum level of accuracy for the edited areas. Areas covered and analyzed by low-altitude helicopter photographs can be considered to have the highest degree of accuracy. DOQQs that have not been edited by SCDNR should be used with caution. Due to variations in image quality and visibility of oysters, some localized areas may not be as accurate as reported values. In particular, some of the oyster flats with sparse or patchy oyster coverage were difficult to map. Instructions and links are provided below for access to the data and associated metadata.
SC Intertidal Oyster Reefs Map Application
SCDNR_Oyster2015.zip (33mb) ESRI ArcGIS v10.3 File Geodatabase
| Layer Description: | Layer Names: | Layer Metadata: |
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| SC Intertidal Oyster Reefs | Oyster2015Live | SCDNR_Oyster2015Live.html |
| SC Oyster Shell Deposits | Oyster2015Wash | SCDNR_Oyster2015Wash.html |
Available data set is subject to change and will be updated periodically.
Metadata about the editing status: SCDNR_Oyster2015_metadata_table.pdf
DOQQQ imagery is available at the following link, DOQQQ Imagery
A screen shot submitted by Winston Fowler. Let’s hope we “turn the corner” on COVID soon!
A federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration’s rule that gutted water quality protections put in place during the Obama administration. The challenge of the Trump rule was brought by six Native American tribes, who were represented by Earthjustice.
The Trump WOTUS revision removed protections for 18% of streams and 51% of wetlands in the U.S.
Federal judge vacates Trump-era WOTUS rule replacement
CoastalReview.org
Photographer Charles Farrell captured how mullet fishermen in the fall of 1938 “made do,” as historian David Cecelski explains, on Bald Head Island during the Great Depression. Bald Head Island Marina is a CRUISERS NET SPONSOR!
Our Coast’s History: Varnamtown’s Fishermen 1938
CoastalReview.org
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Geographer Roger Payne has recently published his second reference guide to the names of places along the Outer Banks.
Geographer explains what’s in Outer Banks place names
CoastalReview.org
If you spot a stranded or entangled leatherback, loggerhead, green or Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, call the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Turtle Stranding and Disentanglement Network for help at 866-755-6622.
Report stranded, entangled sea turtles to NOAA’s hotline
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Through Charles Farrell’s photographs of Sneads Ferry in the 1930s, historian David Cecelski learned the stories and people of Onslow County fishing village.
Our Coast’s History: Remembering 1930s Sneads Ferry
CoastalReview.org
More watercraft were involved in crashes along the Intracoastal Waterway in Myrtle Beach than anywhere else in the state last year, according to a 2020 report from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Intracoastal Waterway in Myrtle Beach leading state in boat crashes, data shows
WBTV.com/news
Safety concerns increase as more boaters enjoy the Intracoastal Waterway | WPDE
wpde.com
We made the mistake, while traveling north on the ICW, of passing through the Myrtle Beach section on a Sunday in April. It was awful. We are in a 36foot sailboat. There were many many jet skis buzzing past, swerving in and out. Power boats passing us very closely! It was the most dangerous part of our trip.
Susan Woods Bamonto don’t forget the over loaded boats and some towing people on tubes…and the day started so beautifully.
I'm not surprised the Myrtle Beach area ICW leads in boat crashes. We see all kinds of craziness whenever we travel through there and I have a photo that says it all.
The Lowcountry Maritime School of Charleston, SC was organized to promote and support their primary mission: educating youth through boatbuilding and maritime skills.
Click here for LMS August 2021 Newsletter
Cruisers Net Team Member, Winston Fowler, took this photo of a dinghy from Highfield Boats, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, at Staniel Cay Yacht Club, also a CRUISERS NET SPONSOR!
A longtime CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, Dowry Creek Marina is under new management and ownership by the Zeltner family who want to roll out the red carpet to transients, doing whatever you might need during your visit. This highly praised and transient friendly marina lies off the AICW/Pungo River north of Belhaven, NC.
Dowry Creek Named NC Clean Marina
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What a wonderful marina to stay at. Clean, organized and friendly. Will always be a part of our travels. Thanks to all staff.
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