Be on the lookout for manatees! 2017 was the third highest mortality rate for manatees and tied with the all-time record for watercraft deaths.
More Than 6000 Manatees Counted In Florida
The survey serves as a loose population count. It’s conducted during Florida’s coldest days as manatees gather for warmth near deep canals, natural springs and power plants.
READ MORE from Amy Green, WUSF News
Comments are invited at a public hearing, Feb 5, 5:00 PM, Sunset Beach Town Hall.
No-wake zone proposed for Intracoastal Waterway at Sunset Beach
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking public comment on a proposed no-wake zone along the Intracoastal Waterway in Sunset Beach.
The proposed no-wake zone would extend shore to shore, from 150 yards east of the Sunset Beach bridge to 50 yards west of the bridge.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE from StarNewsOnline.com
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Explorer Chartbooks, A CRUISERS’ NET PARTNER, has long been the standard navigational supplement for enjoyable, informative, and safe cruising through the beautiful Bahamian waters and island visits.
Bahamas Chatter: “Fishing tackle” plus 1 more
Fishing tackle
Posted: 30 Jan 2018 02:39 PM PST
Finding fishing tackle in Eleuthera can be hard. Found a great shop in Spanish Wells, Island Custom Rod and Tackle. Located on West end of Spanish Wells at end of 28th St North, about three blocks west of Food Fair. Great selection and good prices and very friendly service.
Posted: 30 Jan 2018 04:46 AM PST
Scotia Bank in Spanish Wells has been replaced by CB Bank. While they have an atm I believe most foriegn debit cards will not work.
On Leo Pinder St the convenience store “Island Mart” has a Royal Bank of Canada atm inside which does work with international debit cards.
As our readers know, Cruisers’ Net posts Local Notices, Marine Safety Information Bulletins and Navigation Alerts immediately when received and reposted in Friday’s newsletter. They are posted state by state from Mile Zero to the Northern Gulf. As an example see https://cruisersnet.net/category/lntm-va-to-nc-news/ for VA-NC Local Notices.
Exploding lava, missing and unlighted buoys, channel shoaling and daymark destruction are just a few things you can find inside a Coast Guard Local Notice To Mariners (LNM). In his latest Lifelines: Safety And Rescue At Sea blog Mario Vittone explains why you should check your local LNM every week.
Local Notice To Mariners: A Reality Check For Your Charts by Mario Vittone in Soundings
Explorer Chartbooks, A CRUISERS’ NET PARTNER, has long been the standard navigational supplement for enjoyable, informative, and safe cruising through the beautiful Bahamian waters and island visits.
Bahamas Chatter: “Floating Docks” plus 1 more
Floating Docks
Posted: 28 Jan 2018 05:08 AM PST
My wife and I love the Bahamas. The challenge we have is finding suitable dockage. We have a 90lb dog and need to get onto land, for guess what? I cannot easily get him onto fixed docks.
Could anyone with significant Bahamas knowledge help us take Dusty with us?
Meeks Patch Eleuthera no longer unoccupied
Posted: 27 Jan 2018 05:41 PM PST
Meeks Parch, between Royal and Spanish Wells, now has a dozen pigs and some ducks residing there. Large sign adverising “Pig Island Adventures”.
Still a great anchorage, just no longer suitable to take dogs ashore.
This crash occurred in a Waterway idle speed zone! 57 mph!
A boater was impaired and drove too fast on a dimly lit stretch of the Intracoastal Waterway when his vessel slammed into another one and killed a man, state investigators said.
Boater facing manslaughter, DUI charges after fatal crash on Intracoastal Waterway from Sun Sentinel
Explorer Chartbooks, A CRUISERS’ NET PARTNER, has long been the standard navigational supplement for enjoyable, informative, and safe cruising through the beautiful Bahamian waters and island visits.
Bahamas Chatter: New Source of Diesel Fuel
New Source of Diesel Fuel
Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:10 AM PST
Thanks to John Gula for finding more economical fuel prices for cruisers. The power plant on the south shore of Russell Island (near Spanish Wells, Eleuthera) has a pier at longitude 76* 46.36’ W. They sell diesel at a reduced price. We verified the current price below.
$3.22 gal.VISA/MC accepted. SEE EXPLORER CHART EL 9.
Open to all vessels. This is a power plant co-op.
St. George’s Cay Power Co. Ltd.
Mr. Roylaton McKenzie
Operations Manager
1-242-333-4481/4407
1-242-559-3068
e-mail royliston@yahoo.com
Rescuers in Florida try to help manatee stuck in life jacket from WIVB.com in Fort Lauderdale
Manatee Rescued from Life Vest from CTVnews
NEWS From BoatUS
Boat Owners Association of The United States
880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boat-Towing Captains in FL, MD, MA, CA
Honored For Lifesaving Acts
JUPITER, Fla. January 22, 2018 – When recreational boaters need a tow home, a battery jump or fuel drop-off, captains from the red TowBoatUS on-the-water towing fleet are there 24-hours a day to provide routine assistance. When recreational boaters are in grave trouble, TowBoatUS captains don’t hesitate to act. Ten TowBoatUS captains who acted as Good Samaritans to save lives in 2017 were recently honored by their peers at a ceremony held at the annual BoatUS Towing Conference in Jupiter, Florida, on January 18.
The 10 captains serve TowBoatUS towing locations in Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts and California. These are their actions:
Woody Pollack Lifesaving Award
· Capt. Dallas Kyle Potts, Capt. Andres Rosado, Capt. Jerry Acosta, and Capt. Shane Earhart, TowBoatUS Charlotte Harbor, Florida: With help from a “sixth sense,” the four captains rescued two young anglers after their small boat overturned in stormy harbor waters, nearly drowning the anglers in “washing machine”-like conditions.
Meritorious Service Awards
· Capt. Dale Plummer, Capt. Austin Plummer, TowBoatUS Baltimore, Maryland: After an unmanned sailboat careened ashore with her sails aloft like a ghost ship, the father-and-son team rescued the vessel’s owner at very last light. The man had been in the water nearly seven hours.
· Capt. Nathan Lins, TowBoatUS Catalina, California: One simple mistake nearly cost the life of a sailor who, clad only in board shorts, went overboard while his boat and crew sailed on without him. Lins quickly searched for and rescued the man.
· Capt. Sawyer Smith, TowBoatUS Newburyport, Massachusetts: A man fell off a marina dock and unable to swim, was swept away by a ripping tidal current until Smith dove in to save the man.
· Capt. William ‘Pat’ Davis, TowBoatUS Stuart, Florida: When a father’s 14-year-old son and friend fail to follow procedures while free diving in open, choppy waters and are swept away from the boat, Davis was able to locate the boys a mile away and bring them to safety.
· Capt. James Freeman, TowBoatUS Tarpon Springs, Florida: When a vessel is about to sink, and the only call to go out is to BoatUS National Dispatch, Freeman responds, sets up a search pattern, and rescues two crewmembers a mile from the sunken boat.
Old Port Cove Marinas, A CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR, is located on the western shore of the northern Lake Worth channel, near unlighted daybeacon #7.
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