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    • Dec 1, 2020by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments

      Cold Shelters Opening Tonight, Gulfport, FL, Boca Ciega Bay

      Gulfport Marina includes dry boat storage, ship store, bathroom, public boat ramp, parking, fueling stations, lighted range markers and guest docking facility.

      The City of Gulfport, home to Gulfport Municipal Marina, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, always takes steps to protect its citizens and visitors.  The marina and harbor, found on the northern shores of Boca Ciega Bay, are easily accessible from the Western Florida ICW, just north of Tampa Bay.

       
      Immediate Release
      Dec. 1, 2020
       
      Media Contact
      Tony Fabrizio, Senior Public Relations Coordinator, (727) 464-4600
       
       
      Pinellas: Cold Weather Shelters to Open Tonight
      Temperatures expected to drop to low 40s by early Wednesday
       
      The Pinellas County Homeless Leadership Alliance and Learning Empowered will open cold weather shelters tonight, Tuesday, Dec. 1. The National Weather Service forecasts low temperatures of near 40 degrees in Pinellas County early Wednesday.
       
      Most of the shelters will open between 6 to 6:30 p.m. and accept guests all night. They will close at 6 a.m. (Shelters with different hours are noted below.) Guests will be provided a warm, safe place to spend the night. They will be advised if the shelters will be open additional nights.
       
      The following shelters will be available to adults:
       
      Clearwater
      Dr. Martin Luther King Neighborhood Center
      1201 Douglas Ave., Clearwater, 33755
      Capacity: 50-60
      Note: this is a one-time only shelter location for Clearwater. Hours are 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
       
      St. Petersburg
      Northwest Presbyterian Church
      6330 54th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, 33706
      (727) 544-4551
      Capacity: 50
       
      Salvation Army
      1400 4th Street S., St. Petersburg, 33705
      Phone: (727) 822-4954
      Capacity: 25
      Hours are 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
       
      The Turning Point
      1810 5th Avenue N., St. Petersburg, 33713
      (727) 823-7811
      Capacity: 12
       
      Pinellas Park
      Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast in Pinellas Park
      7790 61st Street N., Pinellas Park, 33781
      Phone (727) 547-5437
      Capacity: 50
       
      Tarpon Springs
      Boys and Girls Club of Tarpon Springs
      111 W Lime Street, Tarpon Springs, 34689
      Phone: (727) 937-6837
      Capacity: 30-35
       
      Families with Children
      Families with children will be placed in family shelters on cold nights, if space is available. Families should call 2-1-1, Tampa Bay Cares, Inc., for information about family shelters.
       
      Learning Empowered
      Learning Empowered was formerly known as United Methodist Cooperative Ministries/Suncoast, Inc. The organization is dedicated to using the inherent intelligence, passion and drive in its clients and supporters to change the world.
       
       
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    • Nov 26, 2020by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments

      Happy Thanksgiving!

       

      HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

       

      Cruisers Net is so very grateful to you, our readers and our sponsors, for your support throughout 2020.

      Even with the pandemic and the uncertainty of this year, we have so much for which to be thankful. Despite initial fears for the survival of marinas and the marine industry, it seems that many new boaters have turned to boating as a way of dealing with societal restrictions. Dealers report shortages of new and used boats to sell. Marinas are reporting nearly full slip capacities and slip sales. Boats have become safe havens – a way to be outside and distance oneself from the spread on COVID-19. September 2020 ranks as the second highest single-month total of new powerboats sold in more than a decade – Marina DockAge. 

       

      RESTORING BALLAST!

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    • Nov 22, 2020by:   Larry Dorminy 1 Comment

      Update: Old Roosevelt Bridge Change of Schedule Now Permanent, Okeechobee Waterway Statute Mile 7.4

      Our thanks to Bill King for this update on the now permanent conditions at the old and new Roosevelt bridges. The Old Roosevelt bridge, its opening schedule always dependent on the adjacent RR bridge openings, is apparently now on the Federal Holiday schedule, see our Bridge Directory listing below. Also see Not Restricted. Don’t get confused, just be patient!

      Nov 22, 2020: FDOT has made “permanent” the restricted opening schedule for the “old” Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, FL, as follows: will open to vessel traffic as needed daily on the hour and half-hour only except at 0800. The bridge may open, if requested, at 0730 but not again until 0815. Openings will not occur when the FEC railroad trestle is in the down / closed position.
      FDOT has made “permanent” the restricted opening schedule for the “old” Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, FL, as follows: revised restrictions:

                  Weekdays – from 0700 – 1800 hours: opens on hour and half-hour, except no opening at 0800; opens at 0815               instead
                  Weekends / holidays – from 0800 – 1800 – opens on hour, 20-minutes after and 20-minutes before
                  Nights – 1800-0700 (0800 weekends) – on request
      Bill King
       

      July 5, 2020: The Bridge Tender at the bascule bridge across the St. Lucie in Stuart, FL, today reported that openings no longer are “on request.” Instead, the Old Roosevelt Bridge will adhere to a strict schedule, opening only on the hour and half-hour. This change probably is tied to the decision to close the “new” high rise bridge that carried southbound traffic across the St. Lucie. It was found to have structural damage. Southbound traffic now shares the adjacent twin bridge that had been for traffic northbound. Heavy trucks now are prohibited from the high-rise and must cross the river on the old Roosevelt Bridge.
      Bill King

      Click Here To View the Okeechobee Waterway Cruisers’ Net Bridge Directory Listing For Old Roosevelt Bridge

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Old Roosevelt Bridge

      Comments from Cruisers (1)

      1. Kevin Koehl -  May 21, 2021 - 7:44 pm

        I find these restrictions to mariners by the Old Roosevelt Bridge to be absurd. They should open on demand, because the new bridge parallels the old bridge and is available EVERY minute 24 hrs a day. How many of these restricted openings are going to be eliminated by the FEC closures happening during a scheduled opening.

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    • Nov 21, 2020by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments

      A Letter Seeking Anchorage Restriction Clarification

      In pursuit of some clarification regarding Georgia’s new anchoring restrictions in commercial shellfish areas, Ted Arisaka of Save Georgia’s Anchorages wrote this letter to the USACE. Thank you for sharing Ted,

       

      Dear Sir / Madam: I am a recreational boater who enjoys the coastal waters of our East Coast and in particular, the coastal waters of Georgia. I have followed with interest, the evolution of Georgia’s regulations around navigation / anchoring in their estuarine waters, starting with House Bill 201 in 2019 and replacement House Bill 833 in 2020. As a result of HB833, GA DNR has updated their definitions of no-anchoring zones as published on their website: https://gcmp.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html…

      Among the various zones, one in particular, “shellfish harvest” areas (shaded in green) have expanded dramatically between 2019 and 2020. These shellfish harvest areas are portrayed as “approved” on the GA DNR website and among the multiple requirements for approval is to receive a permit from US ACE for those areas in navigable waters. If one examines the published maps, there are many areas in navigable waters as well as established channels demarcated by Aids To Navigation by USCG and charted by NOAA. This also includes portions of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, which as you know is important not just for recreational boaters but also for commercial navigation. The reason for my email is to inquire as to the status of USACE approval of these shellfish harvest zones in navigable waterways.

      There is an updated page from Georgia DNR which references the need to obtain USACE approval prior to proceeding with mariculture.
      https://coastalgadnr.org/commercialshellfishharvest

      My FOIA request is to ascertain which Georgia waters have received USACE approval to date.

      Thanks and Regards,
      Ted Arisaka

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