NOAA: Nautical chart news – March 2018
It is officially spring and Coast Survey is busy providing commercial mariners and recreational boaters with top notch navigation products and services. Here are just a few things we have been up to.
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Praise for 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. Jan and Lee’s kind words are reprinted with permission from AGLCA’s Forum.
We started early out of Beaufort, NC. We’ve been in Atlantic Yacht Basin, Chesapeake VA waiting for the weather to calm down north of us. Can’t say enough about the team here at AYB. Every single member of their crew is polite and anxious to help out. We had Shangri-La hauled to paint her bottom and remove the trim tabs. All done in two days. Rates are fair, work is professional in every way. Topped off the fuel at $2.35/g (with volume nickel discount.) Their team helped Jan and I lower the mast so we could better understand what’s involved. Can’t say enough about them.
Jan and Lee
Aboard Shangri-La
42 GB ClassicClick Here To View the VA to NC Cruisers’ Net Marina Directory Listing For Atlantic Yacht Basin
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Bahamas Chatter: Stern anchors
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: Stern anchors
Stern anchorsPosted: 26 Mar 2018 06:03 PM PDT
I am sailing a 40ft cat daft 1.35.
I would like to know how often stern anchors are deployed cruising in the Bahamas.
If they are used at all what setup? How much chain, rode, scope, and what techniques are used for deployment?
Comments from Cruisers (4)
- Reply to Norman
Cruised the Bahamas for 10 years on a Morgan 43 sailboat…never used a stern anchor once. Never had the need for it. Single Delta 44 with all chain rode was all we ever used and NEVER dragged once. Only place we ever heard them using stern anchors was in Pipe Creek, Exumas. Couldn’t get in there with our 6′ draft somit didnt matter. We visited nearly every other island in the Bahamas from the top of the Abacos to the Raggeds in the Exuma Cays.
- Reply to Duane
We have cruised the Bahamas a number of times over many thousands of miles and have never used or had reason to use a stern anchor. We have rarely used the so-called Bahamian Moor where two anchors are deployed off the bow at 180 degrees and the boat will lie first to one and then the other as the strong tidal currents reverse. This will offer you a tighter swing circle and with both anchors well set, will not rely on just one anchor continually resetting as the current reverse. Usually, in our experience, this is an unnecessary complication.
Using an anchor deployed off the stern (in addition to the typical bow anchor) can keep you from swinging in tight quarters but can be risky. If the wind (or current) is strong from abeam, it will put tremendous strain on the ground tackle. If you wind up getting seas from astern, your transom, which on most boats is not designed to smoothly break waves, will take the brunt. Certain boats may also get water pumped backwards through the exhaust and risk flooding the engine.
There could be times when in protected conditions a stern anchor might come in handy. We have just never found it needed.
- Reply to Miles
It’s rare and only in tight areas where you need to really limit your swing. Can’t think of a place where you’d need that. Never needed one during 11 seasons in the Bahamas.
- Reply to Bob
sometimes…
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Georgia ICW Article from Sail Magazine.
Here is an interesting and attractive article by Tom Hale in Sail Magazine on the Intracoastal through Georgia. While informative, such articles may not be as up to date as Cruisers’ Net. Before embarking, please always check our Homepage for AICW Problem Stretches, as well as Nav Alerts and Local Notices for each state. Our thanks to Kim Russo of AGLCA for sharing this link.
Updates: The ICW North Bound from Sail Magazine via AGLCA’s Forum
Click Here To View the Cruisers’ Net’s “AICW Problem Stretches” Listing For Jekyll CreekClick Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To This AICW Problem StretchClick Here To View the Cruisers’ Net’s “AICW Problem Stretches” Listing For Little Mud RiverClick Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To This AICW Problem StretchBe the first to comment!
Ahoy Historians: Request for Knowledge of Ossabaw Island Settlers, St. Catherines Sound, near AICW Statute Mile 620
Georgia’s Ossabaw Island forms the northern shore of the mouth of St. Catherines Sound. Mike Dalton is asking about the history of Ossabaw after reading Claiborne Young’s Ossabaw Island History from 2013. If you have information about the early settlers, we would all like to hear from you!
I was raised mostly in Wabasso Fl in Indian River County and I understand Wabasso was named by freed slaves the moved to Florida from Ossabaw. What can you tell me about some of our early settlers that left Ossabaw and moved to Florida?
Mike DaltonClick Here To Open A Chart View Window Zoomed To the Location of Ossabaw Island
Comments from Cruisers (2)
- Reply to Jonathan
The Ossabaw Island Foundation has a page suggesting some books.
http://www.ossabawisland.net/ossabawbooks.aspxIn my last book I dealt with the Morel family who at one time owned the island. Over the Last two decades Mrs. West has allowed the restoration of some slave cottages and several archaeological digs on the island.
Jonathan Bryant
- Reply to Winston
Seems I recently saw a documentary about St Augustine’s early history and the arrival of native Americans from the Ossabaw area of Georgia when the Spanish took some revenge for hostilities. There is a website from the Georgia Historical Society about the area, which you probably already know about… if not here it is:
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/ossabaw-island
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Boat Thefts on the Rise in Florida Keys
Words to the wise!
Boat thefts are on the rise in the Florida Keys. Here’s how you can stop the trend from The Miami Herald
And this from YourObserver.com
Police warn boat owners to watch out for thieves
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Bahamas Chatter: Buccaneeer Club
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Bahamas Chatter: Buccaneeer Club
Buccaneeer ClubPosted: 26 Mar 2018 04:51 AM PDT
We stopped at governors harbour on our way back to spanish wells from cape eluthera. We and our buddy boat wanted to go out for dinner. A friend had recommended the buccaneer club. We made a reservation for 7pm. When we got there there was a table with a reserved sign on it. The attendant seated us, gave us menus, and took drink orders. The menu was varied from apps to sandwiches to full meals. we had full meals plus drinks and dessert. Price was probably $$$-$$$$ but well worth it. We all said that the ambiance, food quality, service, etc was the best we’ve experienced in the bahamas. when we left there was a line. Thank god for reservations.
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Cape Fear Marina/Bennett Brothers Yachts Recommended, Cape Fear River, Wilmington, NC
Our thanks to George McNeir for recommending Cape Fear Marina/Bennett Brothers Yachts to a fellow Looper on AGLCA’s Forum. Bennett Brothers Yachts/Cape Fear Marina, A CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR, is located on the eastern banks of the northeast Cape Fear River, just north of the Isabel Holmes – Highway 133 bascule bridge, and only a few steps from the downtown Wilmington waterfront.
Try Cape Fear Marina 910-762-1256 (Chris) and also Bennett Bros Yachts 910- 772-9277 (Tricia). Both are for the same marina but may offer two different rental arrangements. Wilmington, NC on the Cape Fear River.
George McNeir
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Worth a Thousand Words!
This sign’s advice is the same advice Cruisers’ Net has so often given for a number of inlets and ICW/Inlet intersections.
Herald-Tribune Archive Photo – Big Pass, Sarasota, FL
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Warning of Severe Shoaling in Big Pass and New Pass, Sarasota, near GIWW Statute Mile 72
Our thanks to Jennifer Wilson for this linked report on Big Sarasota Pass which has been embroiled recently in a legal battle over dredging. Big Sarasota Pass, which has frequent channel shifts and shoals, connects the Gulf with the Gulf Waterway and the southern tip of Sarasota Bay. New Pass leads directly to the Sarasota waterfront and the entrance portion between the Entrance Light and Light 7 is constantly shifting and shoaling. Cruisers’ Net has long recommended that this pass not be used.
Boaters warned of Big Pass, New Pass hazards from The Herald Tribune
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