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    • Mar 5, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments 31.8609,-81.08369999

      Shallow Water at Hell Gate Problem Stretch, AICW Statute Mile 602


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      The AICW follows the narrow, man-made canal known as Hell Gate between the Vernon and Ogeechee Rivers. These waters have been an AICW Problem Stretch for years. Looks like the surrounding shallows are once again beginning to creep into the channel. Effective immediately, cautious captains should begin to time their traversal of Hell Gate for mid to high tide. Our thanks to John Wampler for this report.

      Passed thru Hell Gate this morning – 3.2 above Vernon View tide datum with 5.3 feet at waterline.
      John Wampler

      Click Here To View the Cruisers’ Net’s “AICW Problem Stretches” Listing For Hell Gate

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To This AICW Problem Stretch

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    • Mar 5, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments

      Bahamas Chatter: “North exit/entrance to Grand Bahama Waterway” plus 2 more

      Explorer Chartbooks, A SALTY SOUTHEAST 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: “North exit/entrance to Grand Bahama Waterway” plus 2 more
      North exit/entrance to Grand Bahama Waterway
      Posted: 03 Mar 2017 05:12 PM PST
      I know that Monty Lewis checked out the waterway’s north exit/entrance for depth, and found it to be passable for drafts of 5 to 6 feet at high tide. However, just recently talked to a fellow boater with a power cat, and indicated that he touched bottom, with 3 1/2 feet draft at high tide.

      I know there is a hard spot that must be avoided on the right side going out and he was not sure if this was what he touched or not.

      Has anyone been through the waterway recently, and if so, what was you draft and tide situation. Thanks…DenO

      Buddy Boat to the Abacos
      Posted: 03 Mar 2017 05:09 PM PST
      Planning Abaco trip from SW Florida (Punta Gorda) via Okeechobee leaving April 7, 8, or 9. 17+ knot power boat. Would like crossing buddy boat.

      swansontyler7@gmail.com
      Tyler Swanson

      Exuma Yacht club update
      Posted: 03 Mar 2017 05:04 PM PST
      Good news, they are fixing up the docks at Exuma Yacht Club. We were there a week ago (late February) and new planks had been installed on the main dock and there were making progress on the finger piers. Power working at some pedestals and both gas and diesel pumps working. Restaurant open as well.

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    • Mar 4, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy 3 Comments 30.6472,-81.48679999

      Update on Groundings South of Fernandina Beach, AICW Statute Mile 719.5


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      Reports of shoaling south of Fernandina Beach have been coming in for several years and prompted a USCG Hazard Warning in May of 2014 (/?p=140702).This shoaling lies c. two miles south of Fernandina Beach harbor just north of the Waterway’s turn into Kingsley Creek. Our thanks to Joe Plunkett for sending this 9/2016 report.
      Now Joe sends us a welcome new report on changes in the Nav Aids around the shoaling.


      3/4/2017
      Problem area 300 meters north of old temporary red #2 in Amelia River south of Fernandina Beach has been addressed. Passed by this area on 3/3/17 and noted that the USCG has installed a new marker [Red 2] at the sandbar I grounded on 9/4/16. [See LNM below for [position] USCG requested comments in December replacing temporary red marker#2 with a permanent marker. I used the opportunity to comment and am pleased to see the USCG response. Semper Paratus.
      Joe Plunkett

      And Joe adds in response to Bob’s question:

      I copied the following from the the District 7 Local Notice to Mariners, Week 10-17:
      FLORIDA – AICW – ST SIMONS SOUND – TOLOMATO RIVER – FERNANDINA BEACH- ST. JOHNS RIVER – FERNANDINA BEACH
      The following changes have been approved to the Aids to Navigation System in St Johns River, Fernandina Beach:
      Fernandina Beach TRUB 2 will be permanently discontinued
      Fernandina Beach Daybeacon 2 (LLNR 37988) will be established in position 30-38-54.689N/081-29-03.486W (30°38.9115N / 081°29.0581W, 30.648525 / -81.484302)

      And this:

      When I passed through the Amelia River south of Fernandina last week I noticed a new red temporary marker had been placed at or near the location where I grounded last September. I did not take note of the number on the temporary channel marker. Back in September there were three channel markers identifying the channel: a green #1 at the northeast end, a green #3 and a temporary red #2 at the south/southwest end of this section of the Amelia River. There are now four channel markers: The original green #1 at the northeast end of the channel, a new red temporary marker near the location of my grounding, the original green #3 and a new permanent red marker replacing the old temporary marker at the south/southwest end of this section. I did not note the numbers on the new markers. I do not find these new markers on my charts. I use Navionics on my chart plotter and updated the Navionics chip the evening before departing Fernandina heading south. I expect the changes have been or will shortly be published in the Notices to Mariners.
      Joe Plunkett

      9/4/2016
      Encountered less than 3? at near high tide 300 meters north of Temporary Red #2. Time was Approximately 1330 Hours on 9/4/16. Pulled out port shaft attempting to get off. About ninety minutes later while awaiting tow, observed outboard run aground near same spot. With outboard trimmed up, operator was blowing substantial amounts of sand.
      You must favor the green side when approaching Green #3 from the north or departing Green #3 from the south. Came through this area northbound in late June and did not have any trouble.
      Joe Plunkett aboard Happy Hagar

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To A “Navigation Alert” Position at Light #3

      Comments from Cruisers (3)

      1. Bob -  March 5, 2017 - 11:52 am

        Can you indicate where the red 2 temporary mark and the new permanent mark is located? Is it near green 1 or green 3? Thanks.
        bob

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      2. Joe Plunkett aboard Happy Hagar -  March 3, 2017 - 10:18 pm

        Problem area 300 meters north of old temporary red #2 in Amelia River south of Fernandina Beach has been addressed. Passed by this area on 3/3/17 and noted that the USCG has installed a new marker at the sandbar I grounded on 9/4/16. USCG requested comments in December replacing temporary red marker#3 with a permanent marker. I used the opportunity to comment and am pleased to see the USCG response. Semper Paratus.

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      3. Wally Moran -  October 23, 2016 - 2:37 am

        This should not be a problem area if people just pay attention to their charts – there is lots of water on the eastern side of this area – from G1 to G5. I went through at low tide about five weeks ago, and I draft 5 feet. That’s the third time in the past year I’ve passed through here btw.
        Basic arithmetic tells you that with a tidal range here of 7 feet, this boater was clearly out of the channel to find only three feet.

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    • Mar 3, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy 3 Comments 33.0697,-79.47679999

      Shallow Water South of McClellanville Documented, AICW Statute Miles 430-433


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      The waterway south of McClellanville all the way to the Ben Sawyer Bridge has been shoaling for years and SSECN still recommends mid to high tide for passage through this section. [As Tom Hale points out below, this should read “at risk of shoaling” for this section. Dredging often lasts only weeks. SSECN is delighted to get reports of good depths from Tom and from Raymond Smith.] See /162153.  Our thanks to Capt. John Wampler for this photo from his GPS which displays 3.5ft between markers 38 and 37 just south of McClellanville. Another picture worth many words!

      This was at high tide!!

      John Wampler

      Click Here To View the Cruisers’ Net’s “AICW Problem Stretches” Listing For McClellanville

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To The Northern Portion of This AICW Problem Stretch

      Comments from Cruisers (3)

      1. Raymond W. Smith - "Fire Dog" -  March 10, 2017 - 6:08 pm

        Was back and forth this winter, no problem. Just check your tides and follow the MARKS and get off the throttle!!!!

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      2. Tom Hale -  March 10, 2017 - 4:07 pm

        You reference that there is shoaling all the way to Ben Sawyer Bridge is out of date. The Isle of Palms stretch near 117 A was dredged in 2015 and that problem area seems to be resolved. I’ve been through 3 times in the last 10 months, and twice since Hurricane Matthew. I do not see any problems in that stretch, and that is over 10 miles south of the McClellanville trouble area.

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      3. Mike Cam -  March 8, 2017 - 10:54 am

        Tuesday 7 March 17 McLellanville R42 to G35 about 15min before mlw. Made it through by zig-zagging at 2-3kts searching for water. We draw 4ft but we have a 24ft beam so we need a very wide path.
        Mike Cam

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    • Mar 2, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments

      What Your SSECN Team is Doing

      Team Member Winston Fowler will be speaking to the Bradenton Yacht Club on the many useful features of Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net’s free website and free mobile app. The dinner is open only to BYC members, but remember: SSECN is free, has no membership, no dues and no password – simply open and navigate. 

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    • Mar 2, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy 2 Comments

      Seeking A Crossing Buddy, West Florida to the Abacos

      If you are making this trip or a portion of the run, please contact Tyler.

      Planning Abaco trip from SW Florida (Punta Gorda) via Okeechobee leaving April 7, 8, or 9. 17+ knot power boat. Would like crossing buddy boat. swansontyler7@gmail.com
      Tyler Swanson

      Comments from Cruisers (2)

      1. Harold Hillcher -  March 3, 2017 - 8:30 pm

        Tyler,
        What are your destinations once you reach the Abacos? Your 17 knots will be reduced to 13 or 14 at the apex of the gulf stream.
        Harold
        Aboard “IDGARA”
        Key Largo

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      2. Harold Hillcher -  March 3, 2017 - 8:25 pm

        Tyler,
        Most of the boaters who know this route have much slower boats with a max cruise speed of about ten knots. Best of Luck.
        Harold

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    • Mar 1, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments

      NOAA Invites Public Comment on the Draft National Charting Plan

      The National Charting Plan describes a strategy to make comprehensive improvements across the entire suite of NOAA nautical chart product. It is not a plan for the maintenance of individual charts, but a strategy to improve all charts.

      NOAA invites public comment on the draft National Charting Plan
      NOAA invites public comment on the recently released National Charting Plan. Comments are due by midnight, June 1, 2017. The National Charting Plan is a strategy to improve NOAA nautical chart coverage, products, and distribution. It describes the evolving state of marine navigation and nautical chart production, and outlines actions that will provide the customer with a suite of products that are more useful, up-to-date, and safer to navigate with. It is not a plan for the maintenance of individual charts, but a strategy to improve all charts.

      Since the introduction of electronic navigational charts (ENCs) thirty years ago, the size of commercial vessels has increased four-fold and navigation systems have become more sophisticated. Additionally, there are now over 15 million recreational boat users in the U.S. and many have joined professional mariners in using electronic chart displays and NOAA digital chart products when navigating. User groups of all types are increasingly expecting more precise, higher resolution charts, and greater timeliness and ease-of-access to chart updates. This plan presents strategies to meet the growing demand.

      The National Charting Plan outlines several improvements to chart content, such as:
      Reducing unwarranted alarms in the electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) used by large commercial vessels and Improving the differentiation between dangerous and non-dangerous wrecks.
      Resolving uncertainties about ‘reported,’ ‘existence doubtful,’ and ‘position approximate’ dangers.
      Creating an orderly layout for ENC charts that will replace the current set of 1,182 irregularly shaped ENC cells compiled at 131 different scales with a regular gridded framework of cells compiled at a few dozen standard scale.
      Strengthening partnerships with the U.S. Coast Guard by developing methods to ingest changes to the database of USCG maintained aids to navigation directly into Coast Survey’s chart production system. This will save time and avoid any chance of data being entered incorrectly by hand.

      For information on how to provide written comments about this plan, see the Federal Register Notice.

      NOAA Office of Coast Survey is the nation’s nautical chartmaker. Originally formed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807, Coast Survey updates charts, surveys the coastal seafloor, responds to maritime emergencies, and searches for underwater obstructions that pose a danger to navigation.

      NOAA Office of Coast Survey, 1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3 #6216, Silver Spring, MD 20906

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    • Mar 1, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments 27.4398,-82.67929999

      Review of Jewfish Key Anchorage, near Longboat Pass, GICW Statute Mile 85


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      Jewfish Key Anchorage will be found on the deep water southwest of the long private island southwest of flashing daybeacon #41, known as Jewfish Key. Our thanks to Skipper John for this review and advice.

      Very nice anchorage – we spent 3 days here late February 2017. When we were here the water due SW of Jewfish Key was not as deep as depicted on the charts so head WNW immediately after clearing the southern tip of Jewfish. We enjoyed good Italian food at the Bayou Tavern, a short walk from the beach in the anchorage.
      John

      Click Here To View the West Florida Cruisers’ Net Anchorage Directory Listing For the Jewish Key Anchorage

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Jewish Key Anchorage

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    • Mar 1, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments 26.6775,-82.20079999

      Review of Patricio Island Anchorage, Northern Pine Island Sound, GICW Statute Mile 19.5


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      Patricio Island Anchorage lies off the southern banks of Patricio Island, which borders the non-GICW Pine Island Sound channel, east of Useppa Island and north-northeast of the Waterway’s flashing daybeacon #52. Our thanks to Skipper John for this report.

      Click Here To View the West Florida Cruisers’ Net Anchorage Directory Listing For the Patricio Island Anchorage

      We enjoyed the solitude of this anchorage for 3 nights. Winds were from the SE at 15-20 mph so we hooked up closer to the Broken Islands. It’s nice to be well off the inter-coastal – we had the place completely to ourselves. If you are into bird watching, you will have your share off the Broken Islands. We were also greeted by a Manatee our first night just after setting the hook.
      John

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Patricio Island Anchorage

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